Geeky tidbits that we find interesting and hope you will too.
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1504 – Michelangelo’s statue of David is unveiled in Florence
1636 – Harvard University is founded.
1952 – Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Old Man & the Sea” published
1960 – Nationwide release (US) of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh
1966 – NBC-TV aired the first episode of “Star Trek” entitled “The Man Trap”. The show was canceled on September 2, 1969.
1968 – “Funny Girl” biopic film based on life of Fanny Brice premieres, directed by William Wyler, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif
1973 – “Star Trek – Animated Series” premieres on TV
1986 – “The Oprah Winfrey Show” is first broadcast nationally
1997 – America Online acquired CompuServe.
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