Today in Geek History

Hey guys. It's Monday again. According to a recent trivia I heard on the local radio, Monday is the most depressing day of the week. Sad huh?
Today is July 9th and today in Geek History...

It's National Sugar Cookie Day! If accordion awareness can get a MONTH, sugar cookies can definitely get a day!

1955 Jimmy Smits, known in Pee-Wee's Playhouse and Senator Bail Organa in Star Wars, is born in Brooklyn New York. Happy Birthday.

1956 Tom Hanks is having a birthday today. Born in Concord California, he would go on to star in my favorite movie of all time, Forest Gump. What's your favorite movie starring Tom Hanks?

1976 Fred Savage is born today in Chicago Illinois. He plays in The Wonder Years and The Princess Bride.

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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.

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Hey blog. Have you checked out my Facebook page yet?

Today is April 3rd and today in Geek History...

1924 Marlon Brando (Superman's dad Jor-El in the Hulk *wink*) is born in Omaha Nebraska.

1958 Alec Baldwin (Beetlejuice, The Hunt for Red October and 30 Rock) is born in Amityville New York

1959 David Hyde Pierce star of Sleepless in Seattle, Crossing Delancey, Nixon and Hellboy is born in New York.

A lot of birthdays today. Thanks again to our friends at Jebs Apps for helping with today's Geek History.

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Hey geeks. Are any of you actually reading this?

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

1800 Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States is born.

1903 Alan Napier, best known as Alfred the butler from the Batman TV series, is born in London England.

1929 Buck Rogers makes the first newspaper appearance as a comic strip.

Special shout out to my son. Yesterday was his 4th birthday. Happy birthday X!

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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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Today is December 21st and today in Geek History...

1937 Ted Healy, the original employer of the 3 Stooges dies of head trauma under mysterious circumstances.

1948 Samuel L. Jackson (Star Wars, Pulp Fiction, Snakes on a Plane) is born in Washington DC. Happy Birthday!

1963 The Daleks are first introduced to Doctor Who, in the serial The Daleks.

2012 It's the End of the World as we Know it!!! Do you feel fine? Read more about this in an upcoming blog entry.

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Hey blog friends. Sorry I haven't been on in a few days. It's been one of those weeks. Sometimes you just need to take a break. So, without further adieu, today is December 17th and today in Geek History...

1946 Eugene Levy, best known as Noah Levenstein (Jim'

s father) in the American Pie films is born in Ham

ilton, Ontario Canada.

1953 Bill Pullman (Ruthless People, Spaceballs and Independence Day) is born in Hornell New York.

1969 Project Blue Book. The USAF closes its study of UFOs. (Officially?) Alien conspiracies bloom.

1973 Sleeper a ScFi comedy written, directed, and starring Woody Allen is released.

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Today is November 21st and today in Geek History....

1931 Frankenstein based of Shelley's Novel starring Boris Karloff is released and becomes an all-time classic. Does anyone know the monster's name? First one to comment correctly gets a prize! No Googling it now.

1965 Alexander Siddig, DS9's Dr Bashir is born. Happy Birthday!!

1981 My brother Jay is born in Utah. He's about the biggest cool geek around so there you go. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAY!!!

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

1952 Shigeru Miyamoto's birthday. He is the creator of Mario, Donkey Kong and other Nintendo classics. As a baby, he enjoys collecting coins.

1956 Dan Shor (Billy the Kid in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure), is born in NYC.

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Today is November 8th and today in Geek History...

1895 Wilhelm Rontgen makes history when he discovers the X-Ray while experimenting with electricity.

1923 Jack St Clair Kilby, inventor of the microchip, is born.

1967 Courtney Thorne-Smieht of Revenge of the Nerds 2 and the TV series According to Jim is born in San Francisco California.