Today in Geek History

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

1952 Mel Smith, who played The Albino in The Princess Bride is born in London, England.

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1960 Daryl Hanna star of the Blade Runner, Splash and Kill Bill is born in Chicago Illinois.

1973 Nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot is born.

Today in Geek History

Today is November 30th (last day this month peoples) and today in Geek History...

1937 Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner, Alien, Gladiator and many more movies, is born in South Shields England.

1952 Mandy Patinkin, Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, (and also Alien Nation), is born in Chicago Illonis. "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

1956 Iain Softley, director of Hackers is born. Apparently no one knows where. Most people think London England.

1974 Lucy, a 3.2 million year old human ancestor is discovered in Ethiopia's Mar Depression. Nothing witty here. The first person that can tell me how Lucy got her name gets a prize. No cheating now. Google is not your friend in this case.

Geek History

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

1943 Wallace Shawn, who is famous for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride, and also voiced Rex in the Toy Story movies, is born.

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1955 Lightning strikes the Hill Valley courthouse's clock tower a

t 10:04 PM (Back to the Future).

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1980 Voyager 1 makes its closet approach to Saturn, taking the first images of its rings.

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