Geeky events to celebrate on January 21: 1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space. 1984 – The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to utilize the computer mouse and a window-based graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous “1984” television commercial. January 22 birthdays […]
Geek Events to celebrate on January 20: 1885 – L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster. January 20 birthdays of geeky note: 1930 – Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut 1960 – Will Wright, American computer game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis, now part of Electronic Arts. He’s best known as the mastermind behind […]
January 19 Birthdays of Geeky Note: 1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. October 7, 1849). He inspired the macabre in many and literary tattoos in some.
January 18 Birthdays of Geeky Note: 1854 – Thomas Watson, American telephone pioneer (d. December 13, 1934). He was Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant.
January 17 birthdays of geeky note: 1560 – Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. December 5, 1624) who wrote Pinax theatri botanici (1596), which described thousands of plants and classified them in a manner that draws comparisons to the later binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus. 1961 – Maia Chiburdanidze, Russian women’s Chess grandmaster. In Russia, chessmasters are […]
Geek Events to celebrate on January 16: 1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented by Elio Antonio de Nebrija to Queen Queen Isabella I of Spain. This was the first book to focus on the study of the rules of a Western European language besides Latin. […]
Geek events to celebrate on January 14: 1998 – Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis). Time to celebrate the prospect of a fountain of youth that could lead to an unlimited lifetime of acquiring useless knowledge and perfecting your Cthulhu characters.
Geek events to celebrate on January 13: 1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, also known as a soybean car, that is 30% lighter than a regular car. The concept was halted during World War II and afterwards it was abandoned. January 13 birthdays of geeky note: 1906 – Zhou Youguang, a Chinese linguist […]
Geek events to celebrate on January 12: 1866 – The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
Geek events to celebrate on January 11: 2007 – JK Rowling completes the 7th novel in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. January 11 birthdays of geeky note: 1800 – Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. December 13, 1895). He is considered by Hungarians and Slovaks to be the unsung father of […]