The Robot Wars started on this date

January 12, 1992


“… My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it I can sing it for you.”

The HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer) 9000 computer became operational in the HAL plant in Urbana, Illinois, on this date in the film, 2001, A Space Odyssey.

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