Today in Geek History – December 14

oday in Geek History - December 14

Geeky tidbits that we find interesting and hope you will too.

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1903 – The Wright brothers attempt to fly the Wright Flyer for the first time at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
1911 – Norwegian Roald Amundsen’s expedition is the 1st to each the South Pole
1993 – “Philadelphia” one of the first mainstream films about AIDS, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington premieres in Century City, California
2015 – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Harrison Ford has its world premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles
2017 – The Walt Disney Company buys most of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion

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