Today in Geek History – July 7

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

Today in Geek History - July 6

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

If you have other fun or geeky facts you want us to add, let us know in the comments below.

1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor’s 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
1949 – “Dragnet” premieres on NBC radio
1975 – TV soap opera “Ryan’s Hope” premieres
1977 – “The Spy Who Loved Me”, 10th James Bond film starring Roger Moore and Barbara Bach, premieres in London
1994 – Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in Seattle, Washington under the name “Cadabra.”
2011 – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2”, the last Harry Potter film, premieres in London

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