Today in Geek History

Hey guys. It's my birthday. Yay for me. 

Today is May 7th and today in Geek History...

1931 Gene Wolfe, author of The Book of the New Sun, The Soldier Series and the one that helped to invent the machine that makes Pringles is born today. Yay Pringles.

1967 Ralph Baer tests his simple block chase game on a standard TV for the first time. This is the first video game known to man.

1977 The first episode of Quark (not DS9, the American sci-fi comedy) starring Richard Benjamin ares on NBC

1980-something Yours truly is born today. I didn't give my exact date of birth on purpose. It's not that I'm scared of my age, I'm just paranoid about identity theft.

Guy Williams, best known in Zorro and Lost in Space's Dr John Robinson, is found dead from a brain aneurysm at age 65.

1997 The Fifth Element is released. It stars Bruce Willis, and Mila Jovovich.

2010 W00tstock 2.0 is held in Seattle. This provides geekly entertainment to the audience.

Today in Geek History

Hey blog. Is your Monday treating you well? Really? Woah. It must like you today then. I hope you brought it chocolates.

Today is January 23rd and today in Geek History...

1923 Walter M Miller Jr., Sci-Fi author primarily known for A Canticle for Leibowitz is born in New Smyrna Beach Florida

1943 Gil Gerard, known for his role as Buck Rogers in the TV series Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century is born in Little Rock Arkansas

1944 Rutger Hauer who played the replicant Roy Batty in Blade Runner is born in Breukelen Netherlands.

2003 MythBusters airs for the first time. 197 episodes later, Adam's eyebrows have mostly survived. (Tweeted by @thinkgeek)

Today in Geek History

Happy Monday folks. Do you have the day off? I don't. :( Poo.

Today is January 2nd and today in Geek History....

1920 Isaac Asimov, one of the 'Big Three' of science fiction, is born.

1959 Luna 1 is launched by the USSR and becomes the first satellite to orbit the moon.

1961 Gabrielle Carteris, better known as Andrea Zuckerman from 90210 is born in Scottsdale Arizona.