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1946 Tim Curry, (LOVE Tim Curry), the star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Legend, Annie, Clue, Charlie, and SO many more is born today in the UK.

1965 Electronic Magazine published a paper by Gordon Moore in which he posited Moore's Law regarding semiconductors.

1971 Salyut 1 space station is launched by the USSR. It's the first space station of any kind. That's right people; Russian beat us to it.

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Today is April 12th and today in Geek History...

1947 Dan Lauria (Kevin's father in The Wonder Years, Jack Arnold), is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1961 Vostok 1 is launched by the USSR and carries Cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin. He will be the first man in space. He orbits the earth once, and heads back home. Does anyone know the first woman in space?

1968 Alicia Coppola is born in Huntington New York. Does anyone know why she is significant??

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Hey Blog. Happy Monday. Welcome back to the "Heck"-hole you call work. We missed you.

Today is January 16th and today in Geek History...

1969 Soyuz 4 and 5 preform the first Soviet spacecraft docking, transferring cosmonauts between vehicles.

1995 Star Trek Voyager premiers with the double-episode "Caretaker". FYI: If you ever watch Voyager, watch the first 2 episodes (Caretaker only), and then skip the first season. It makes it better. But you don't have to take my word for it.

1998 Emil Sitka dies. A long-time foil for the 3 Stooges, he was one of only 2 actors to work with all 6 stooges. Does anyone know the name of the other actor to work with all 6 stooges? I posted it on my blog in a Geek History entry. Find it.

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Howdy out there in blog land. Did you have a happy Christmas vacation? I don't think mine was quite good enough. I'm pretty sure the Grinch snuck into my house the other day and stole my voice too. If you find it, let me know. I'd really like to have it back.

Today is December 27th and today in Geek History...

Geeky Birthdays!!! Kepler in 1571, Bernoulli in 1654 and Pasteur in 1822. If today is not your birthday...no pressure. Your mother thinks you're special.

1831 Charles Darwin embarks on his voyage aboard HMS Beagle, where he will begin formulating his theory of evolution.

1922 Hosho is commissioned, becoming the first purpose-built aircraft carrier in the world.

1968 Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific, ending the first manned mission to orbit the moon.

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Happy Sunday everyone! Today is December 4th and today in Geek History...

1949 Jeff Bridges, the Due and star of Tron and Ironman among others is born in Los Angelos California.

1957 Programmer and open-source advocate Eric Steven Raymond (esr) is born.

1965 Gemini 7 takes off carrying Frank Borman & James Lovell Jr making 206 orbits around Earth. This makes a trip to the moon seem possible. Enter Apollo 13. Too soon?

Today is November 28th and today in Geek History...

1950 Ed Harris of Apollo 13 is born in Englewood New Jersey. Many of you that saw the movie will know him as the guy with the new vest. Actor pictured below.

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1981 Weird Al releases "Another One Rides the Bus" Parody of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust." Odd fact for ya. If you are doing CPR and need to keep your compression in time, Another One Bites the Dust is in perfect sync. Just don't sing it out loud. You'll get some odd looks. Also, Staying Alive is good for compressions too.

1983 Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-9) Carries the EAS Spacelab-1 and its crew, including the first two non-NASA astronauts into orbit.

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

1815 George Boole an English mathematician, the inventor of Boolean logic is born.

1947 The wooden Hugues H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) makes its first and only test flight.

1957 Two immigrant farm workers in Levelland Texas report a UFO sighting which is later reported by several others.

2000 Hasbro releases a "Dot Com Edition" of Monopoly, which allows players to experiences the feeling of gaining hundreds of millions of dollars in worthless paper through Dot Com ownership.

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Today is October 24th 2011 and Today in Geek History...
1861 The First Transcontinental Telegraph line is completed, right the death knell for the Pony Express. It means Death Toll. Poor Horses.

1939 F. Murray Abraham star of Amadeus, Last Action Hero, All the President's Men and Scarface is born. Happy Birthday Man.

1949 A camera aborad V-2 Number 13 takes the first photo graph of Earth from space. Everyone wave!!