Today in Geek History – February 17

Today in Geek History - February 17

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

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1876 – Sardines first canned by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine
1911 – Puccini’s opera ‘Madame Butterfly’ has its world premiere
1925 – “The New Yorker” is published for the first time
1934 – first high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn)
1936 – “The Phantom”, the world’s first superhero, makes his first appearance in comics.
1958 – Comic strip “BC” first appears
1972 – TV comedy “M*A*S*H” tv series debuts on CBS in the US
2014 – Jimmy Fallon officially replaces Jay Leno in his first broadcast as host of ‘The Tonight Show’

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