Today in Geek History – December 25

Today in Geek History - December 25

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

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1896 – “Stars & Stripes Forever” written by John Philip Sousa
1939 – “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens, was read on CBS radio for the first time.
1949 – Dick Tracy married on Tess Truehart.
1952 – The young Queen Elizabeth gives her first Christmas broadcast on BBC radio from the study at Sandringham House
1962 – “To Kill a Mockingbird”, a film adaptation of the novel by Harper Lee, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Gregory Peck, is released
1963 – Walt Disney’s “The Sword in the Stone” is released
1990 – “The Godfather Part III” directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton and Andy Garcia premieres

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