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Pre-history to 1800
32K Years Ago – The Lascaux Caves and the First Geek
212 BCE – Archimedes dies rather than stop working on a mathematical problem
1452 – Birth of Leonardo Da Vinci, Tekkie of the Renaissance
1605 – Don Quixote – The First Publicly Recorded Obssesive RPG player
1800 to the Current Age
1812 – Little Henry becomes America’s first “Action Figure”
1863 – Jules Verne’s First novel is published – the “science-fiction” novel is born
1876: Thomas Edison Invents the Geek Factory
1884 – Nikola Tesla goes to work for Thomas Edison (and then quits)
1897 – The Yellow Kid debuts as the first US produced comic book
1903 – Marie Curie establishes (in case there was any doubt) that geekiness is gender-neutral – and wins 2 Nobel Prizes
1909 – A C Gilbert establishes the “Mysto Corporation”
1920 – Issue #1 of Hugo Gernsback’s “Science and Invention” magazine
1926 – Robert Goddard successfully launches “Nell”, the first modern rocket
1927 – Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” – the first multi-million $ Sci Fi blockbuster
1934 – As Planet Mongo threatens the Earth – FLASH GORDON DEBUTS
1947: Pocket Protector Patent Issued
1972: The original Pong arcade game is released
The Current Age
1974: Dungeons and Dragons is published – the modern age of Role-Playing Games begins
1977 – The Apple II is introduced at the West Coast Computer Faire
1977 – The original Star Wars movie premieres
1978 – The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy radio series is first broadcast
1991 – The first Web site, built at CERN by Tim Berners-Lee, goes ONLINE
Geek Hall of Fame
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Pre-history to 1800
32K Years Ago – The Lascaux Caves and the First Geek
212 BCE – Archimedes dies rather than stop working on a mathematical problem
1452 – Birth of Leonardo Da Vinci, Tekkie of the Renaissance
1605 – Don Quixote – The First Publicly Recorded Obssesive RPG player
1800 to the Current Age
1812 – Little Henry becomes America’s first “Action Figure”
1863 – Jules Verne’s First novel is published – the “science-fiction” novel is born
1876: Thomas Edison Invents the Geek Factory
1884 – Nikola Tesla goes to work for Thomas Edison (and then quits)
1897 – The Yellow Kid debuts as the first US produced comic book
1903 – Marie Curie establishes (in case there was any doubt) that geekiness is gender-neutral – and wins 2 Nobel Prizes
1909 – A C Gilbert establishes the “Mysto Corporation”
1920 – Issue #1 of Hugo Gernsback’s “Science and Invention” magazine
1926 – Robert Goddard successfully launches “Nell”, the first modern rocket
1927 – Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” – the first multi-million $ Sci Fi blockbuster
1934 – As Planet Mongo threatens the Earth – FLASH GORDON DEBUTS
1947: Pocket Protector Patent Issued
1972: The original Pong arcade game is released
The Current Age
1974: Dungeons and Dragons is published – the modern age of Role-Playing Games begins
1977 – The Apple II is introduced at the West Coast Computer Faire
1977 – The original Star Wars movie premieres
1978 – The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy radio series is first broadcast
1991 – The first Web site, built at CERN by Tim Berners-Lee, goes ONLINE
Geek Hall of Fame
Contacts
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