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Title: What happened on the day your Model M was born?
Post by: snoopy on Fri, 04 January 2013, 13:01:45

I know that a lot of you guys are sitting in front of a IBM Model M (or Model F). Build since the 80s they might have a interesting history.
Coming from a time of Cold War and interesting historical events... wouldn't it be cool to know what happened on the day your Model M/F was build? :)

Maybe it was build on the day of Berlin Wall Teardown? George H.W. Bush gets president? Special Sport event? First episode of MacGyver aired? You found the M of your own birthday? You got a 420 Model M? Birthday of a celebrity? Google knows what happened.  ;)

Whatever you have... post it! Let's travel back in time!  :cool:


IBM Model M SSK 1397681
ID: 5046361
Date: 02-19-93

Sadly nothing special happened.
-> 12th birthday of Beth Ditto  :D
-> US premiere of the movie "Army of Darkness"

Title: Re: What happened on the day your Model M was born?
Post by: Champloo on Fri, 04 January 2013, 13:23:55

I.D. No: 7244736
DoB: 08-23-1991

On that day, Pearl Jam played their very first outdoor show.  Pretty neat considering they are one of my all time favorites!

Title: Re: What happened on the day your Model M was born?
Post by: el2k on Fri, 04 January 2013, 13:27:05

12-06-1986

These people were apparently born.

 Carla Abellana, Filipino actress
 Erik Ainge, American football player
 Mario Casas, Spanish actor
 Jamie Lee Darley, English-American model
 Stanislava Komarova, Russian swimmer
 Sergio Rodriguez, Spanish basketball player
 Benjamin Schmideg, Australian actor

Title: Re: What happened on the day your Model M was born?
Post by: Alessandro on Fri, 04 January 2013, 13:51:39

Awesome thread is awesome. If anyone has a Model M made on April 1st 1997 (for some weird reason and I don't even know if they were being made then), hit me up please. :)

Title: Re: What happened on the day your Model M was born?
Post by: tipo33 on Fri, 04 January 2013, 14:15:48

SSK 1391472
ID # 5070859
12-04-91

Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.

I will find some of my other M's later and look up the dates.

Title: Re: What happened on the day your Model M was born?
Post by: RougeR on Fri, 04 January 2013, 14:21:31

2nd febuary 1986 - (we think)
- "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz NYC after 13 perfs
- Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
- Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India
- NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 28-24
- Oscar Arias Sanchez elected president of Costa Rica