Today in Geek History – June 29

Today in Geek History - June 29

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

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1613 – Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, England, burns down during a performance of “Henry VIII”
1940 – Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan
1964 – first draft of Star Trek’s pilot “Cage” released
1996 – Superman’s Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900
2001– “A.I. Artificial Intelligence”, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law and Frances O’Connor, is released
2007 – Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.

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