Been There Done That

21 Jan 2015

Midsumma Carnival, Scrabble, Y2K, 1st Mac, Federation & Birthdays

Gay, History, Icons, Lesbian

We chat about yesterday’s Midsumma Carnival – a beautiful and fun day with a huge amount of people (including straight and allies), many dogs and a great community feel.

Gordon tells us about the origin and proliferation of Scrabble and also how Manly Cove in Sydney got its name. Phil talks about the first computer virus (written in 1986), the extreme fear about the Y2K “bug” and also the release of the first Macintosh computer on 21/1/1984.

On 22/1/1899, leaders of 6 Australian colonies met in Melbourne to discuss the Federation bill which didn’t come to fruition until 1/1/1901.

Birthdays this month include Melbourne founder John Batman 21/1/1801, Out and proud English singer Will Young 20/1/1979 and Melbourne-born, Human Rights & Gay rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell 25/1/1952.

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