Today in Geek History – December 2

Today in Geek History - December 2

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

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1927 – first Model A Ford sold, for $385
1932 – “Adventures of Charlie Chan” first heard on NBC-Blue radio network
1942 – World’s first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction occurs in Chicago Pile-1 (world’s 1st nuclear reactor) at the University of Chicago, overseen by Enrico Fermi
1950 – “I Robot” collection of sci-fi short stories by Isaac Asimov published by Genome Press in the US
2013 – “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”, 2nd film in the Hobbit series, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen, premieres in Los Angeles

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