Today in Geek History – May 11

Today in Geek History - May 11

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

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1928 – General Electric opens First TV-station
1929 – First regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
1931 – “M” Fritz Lang’s first sound film starring Peter Lorre premieres in Berlin
1947 – The creation of the tubeless tire was announced by the B.F. Goodrich Company.
1969 – Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin form Monty Python
1976 – Last broadcast of “Marcus Welby, MD” on ABC-TV
1981 – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Cats” (based on poetry by T. S. Eliot) directed by Trevor Nunn first premieres in the West End, London
1989 – 217th & final episode of TV soap “Dynasty” is aired

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