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January 30, 1982

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Joel Byers

On January 30, 1982, Richard Skrenta of Pittsburgh, PA wrote the first computer virus code. It was 400 lines long and infected Apple II machines. He named it “Elk Cloner”. That’s a shame. He could have named it Elk Boner and become a demigod to the… Continue reading →

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February 23, 1954

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 23, 1954, the first mass vaccination of children against polio was started in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There were no idiot ‘Karens’ screaming and moaning about how vaccines poison children and how the vaccines were causing autism. The parents of Pittsburgh who lined their beloved children up to get the vaccine had seen first hand … Continue reading →

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November 15, 1989

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Joel Byers

On November 15, 1989, the first “Batman” film was released on video tape. For the people born after 1999, video tape was the extinct technology that people used to watch movies at home on their televisions. They would insert the video tape into a VCR that was wired to their movie watching devices. For the … Continue reading →

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June 8, 1989

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 8, 1989, the National League baseball team, the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 10 runs in the 1st inning against opponent Philadelphia, which prompted confident Pirate broadcaster, and ex-baseball player, Jim Rooker to declare on the air, that if the Pirates lost this game, he’d walk from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. The Pirates lost 15 to … Continue reading →

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