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August 28 in Nerd History

Here are 5 things that happened on August 28th at the intersection of nerd and pop culture.

I.

Birthdays of honor: Jack Kirby (1917), Jack Black (1969), Shania Twain (1965), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Jason Priestley (1969), Daniel Stern (1957), Amanda Tapping (1965).

II.

30 years ago today, on August 28th of 1993, a new show called hit the airwaves for the very first time. Haim Saban — who also composed the theme song — got the idea for the show while watching TV in his hotel room in Japan. As he watched giant monsters and robots and whatnot battle it out, it dawned on him that they could easily create and film an entire show without ever having to recreate those battle scenes.