Monday, April 7, 1891 Ole Kirk Christiansen is bornOle Kirk Christiansen is born
Tuesday, July 6, 1920 Godfred Kirk Christiansen is bornGodfred Kirk Christiansen is born
Saturday, September 10, 1932 The company that would be LEGO is foundedThe LEGO company is founded by Ole Kirk christiensen. The LEGO name came two years later.
Saturday, December 1, 1934 The company Ole Kirk Christiensen founded in 1932 becomes LEGOThe company Ole Kirk Christiensen founded in 1932 becomes LEGO.
Friday, April 3, 1942 Fire destroys the LEGO factoryWhen a factory fire destroyed the LEGO factory and it's content in 1942, Ole rebuilt all the production models himself to get the company back up and running.
Saturday, December 27, 1947 Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen is bornKjeld Kirk Kristiansen is born
Saturday, May 1, 1954 LEGO was officially registered as a trademarkThe word LEGO was officially registered as a trademark in Denmark
Tuesday, January 28, 1958 The LEGO Brick patent is filedThe original LEGO brick with its stud-and-tube coupling system is born
Tuesday, March 11, 1958 Ole Kirk Christiansen diesOle Kirk Christiansen dies
Friday, June 7, 1968 Legoland Park in Billund is openedLegoland Park in Billund is opened, in which 3,000 people visit on the opening day
Tuesday, December 21, 1993 The USENET newsgroup rec.toys.lego is createdThe voting ended on December 21st 1993 for the creation of the new newsgroup rec.toys.lego.
rec.toys.lego charter: To provide a forum for the discussion of all things and experiences relating to the Lego(tm), Duplo(tm) and compatible construction toys. Including interesting models that one has built, experiences one has had using legos, or questions about how to build particular components.
Wednesday, June 14, 1995 Acronym "AFOL" is first usedMatthew Verdier first coins the acronym AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO), noting that it sounds like "A FOOL".
Sunday, June 2, 1996 First Cool Lego Site of the WeekEd Boxer's LEGO Castle wins the first Cool Lego Site of the Week.
Friday, December 13, 1996 First Bring Your Favorite Minifig To Work DayBefore becoming an annual event, people are encouraged to bring their favorite minifigs to work (or school) all on the same day.
Friday, July 25, 1997 James Jessiman passes awayThe worldwide community of LEGO fans lost a bright light in the passing of James Jessiman, creator of the LDraw file format and original LDraw program
Sunday, April 19, 1998 kl.net (BrickShelf) begins hosting instruction and catalog scansKevin Loch opens his personal website up to hosting scans of LEGO instructions and catalogs from the past.
Friday, September 18, 1998 LUGNET goes liveLUGNET, a Lego community site is launched, featuring a heirarchy of newsgroups, and allowing email subscriptions and a web interface.
Friday, February 5, 1999 German AFOL forum goes onlineGerman LEGO Fan Forum goes online, founded by Michael Schian (became part of 1000steine.de in 2000)
Thursday, March 4, 1999 BayLUG is named!AFOLs in the San Francisco Bay area agree on a new name for their club, and establish a website!
Saturday, March 20, 1999 Legoland California opensThe first Legoland outside of Europe opens in Carlsbad, California.
Monday, July 5, 1999 Idea for Jambalaya first proposedTodd Lehman pitches the idea of a traveling box of Lego where people can trade their less desirable pieces, resulting ultimately in the Jambalaya boxes.
Wednesday, July 7, 1999 LDraw.org goes onlineLDraw website goes online
Wednesday, July 14, 1999 MLCAD ReleasedMichael Lachmann releases a new LEGO CAD program, MLCAD, for creating and editing LEGO DAT models.
Tuesday, August 10, 1999 First NELUG MeetingNELUG has its first meeting in Melrose, MA with 5 members attending.
Wednesday, September 1, 1999 Datsville is born!Following the desire for a community DAT project, John VanZwieten launches the Datsville project, first known as LCadville.
Friday, September 24, 1999 Tom McDonald discovers spamcakeTom McDonald discovers spamcake. Its importance was unrealized... until later.
Friday, October 22, 1999 MIT MindFestOne of the first national gatherings for AFOLs in the USA, the MIT MindFest was the inspiration for the first BrickFest event in 2000. The event was held at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA. MindFest's primary goal was to serve educators working with LEGO, but a high degree of AFOL participation gave the event an additional LEGO hobbyist focus.
Wednesday, October 27, 1999 From Brick to Bothans goes onlineFrom Bricks to Bothans, a Star Wars LEGO fansite, goes online.
Sunday, November 28, 1999 1000steine.de goes onlineGerman website 1000steine.de goes online, though the domain name was registered January, 6th in 2000.
Thursday, December 9, 1999 Brad Justus announces LEGO Direct on LUGNETBrad Justus introduces himself and the newest venture from LEGO to reach out to the LEGO community and open dialog between the company and it's fans.
Friday, January 14, 2000 LEGO begins offering bulk orderingLEGO Direct is pleased to announce that bulk sales from LEGO
Wednesday, January 19, 2000 The idea for Castle World is proposedPawel Nazarewicz posits the idea of having a large LEGO-castle themed site, which received its name some 3 days later on Jan 22nd by co-creator Craig Hamilton.
Saturday, January 22, 2000 DixieLUG is foundedDixieLUG is founded, first meeting in in Macon, GA
Thursday, February 10, 2000 Brickshelf announces public galleriesKevin Loch announces that BrickShelf will host people's images for free!
Sunday, March 12, 2000 BayLTC EstablishedBayLTC is founded-- a club for LEGO train enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay area.
Friday, March 31, 2000 The Guild of Bricksmiths is announcedThe Guild of Bricksmiths is announced-- a select group of hobbyists designing custom LEGO model kits.
Friday, March 31, 2000 Train April Fools PrankOne of the most successful April Fools hoaxes, Ben Beneke releases a fake 2001 train catalog with many enticing models that got fans drooling.
Friday, June 9, 2000 Brickfest 2000Brickfest 2000 was held on June 9 to June 11 on the campus of George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. The lead organizer was Christina Hitchcock. Approximately 60 people attended.
Friday, June 9, 2000 Mark Sandlin unveils the SpiffCraftMark Sandlin gives us one more little update that becomes one of the most recognizable crafts in the history of .space.
Monday, June 19, 2000 BrickBay launchesBrickBay launches as an online marketplace dealing exclusivly in LEGO.
Saturday, August 5, 2000 The Galactic Shipyard goes onlineJon Palmer launches the Galactic Shipyard for profiling hugh ships
Monday, September 4, 2000 Brickwise Shopping Report goes online @ LUGNETBrickwise Shopping Report goes online @ LUGNET
Tuesday, October 17, 2000 LEGO Shop@Home goes onlineLEGO begins online purchasing through Shop@Home.
Wednesday, December 6, 2000 LEGO announces its plans for bulk orderingLEGO announces its nondescript plans for what would eventually become bulk ordering and LEGO Factory. Fans rejoice at the prospect.
Wednesday, December 20, 2000 BrickFilms LaunchedJason Rowoldt announces a new site, BrickFilms, dedicated to keeping track of Lego movies across the internet.
Wednesday, January 10, 2001 Fleebnorks introducedMark Sandlin introduces the world to Fleebnorks
Saturday, February 3, 2001 LEGO Train Summit held in NYC with LEGO DirectIn 2001 a small group of Train AFOLs from around the United States where invited to meet with some folks from Lego Direct ( Brad Justus, Peter Andersen, Jorn Kristian Thomsen, Jake McKee and Steven Hawco ) in New York city and talk about the future of LEGO trains.
The attendees included John Neal GMLTC Steve Barile PNLTC Conan Collopy - GMLTC John Gerlach GMLTC James Mathis - PNLTC Dan Parker PNLTC Larry Pieniazek poly-LTC Mike Poindexter - BAYLTC James Trobaugh - NGLTC
Friday, June 8, 2001 Legends Line AnnouncedBrad Justus announces the first Lego Legend, set 10000 Guarded Inn.
Saturday, July 21, 2001 BZ Community LaunchesA new forum for Bionicle fans is launched.
Friday, August 10, 2001 Kanohi-Power StartsMichael Edwards and Christian Gemunden announce a new Bionicle fan site, Kanohi-Power.com.
Wednesday, August 15, 2001 Brickfest 2001Brickfest 2001 was held in August on the campus of George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. The lead organizer was Christina Hitchcock. Approximately 150 people attended.
Wednesday, August 22, 2001 Lego showcases Monty Python "Camelot" videoAs part of Lego's Studios campaign, Brad Justus announces the professionally done animation of Monty Python's "Camelot" song.
Sunday, August 26, 2001 Fibblesnork domain goes rogueThe Fibblesnork domain name expires and is purchased by web squatters, who link the URL to adult content.
Wednesday, October 3, 2001 Brick Testament goes onlineBrendan Powell Smith announces the start of his Brick Testament project. The BT has received extensive media attention beyond the AFOL community and has resulted in three published books.
Friday, December 14, 2001 Lego Announces the My Own Creation SeriesLego formally announces a new line of sets designed by fans, starting with Daniel Siskind's Blacksmith Shop, #3739.
Monday, January 28, 2002 BrickBay becomes BrickLinkBrickBay changes its name to BrickLink after a dispute with online auction site eBay.
Friday, February 8, 2002 Jon Palmer's Alphabet ProjectJon Palmer's Alphabet Project displays that small can also mean elegant. Fighters can take the same design and planning as large capital ships.
Tuesday, June 25, 2002 BrickShelf Imposes ModerationThanks to some inappropriate content being posted, BrickShelf starts requiring content to be moderated before becoming public.
Thursday, July 18, 2002 Little Armory's First OfferingJeff Byrd begins offering custom Star Wars guns through FBTB.net, beginning the Little Armory.
Friday, July 19, 2002 Brickfest 2002Brickfest 2002 was held in August 2002 on the campus of George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. The lead organizer was Christina Hitchcock. Approximately 180 people attended.
Saturday, July 20, 2002 BZPower LaunchesThe Bionicle fan sites Kanohi-Power and BZ Community join forces to become BZPower.com.
Friday, July 26, 2002 The Moonbase Project is BornThe moonbase project created an easy to follow standard that would allow builders from around the world to build separate "modules" that could be connected seamlessly in a large Moonbase layout. The idea was an instant hit. Moonbase modules were being created within days and after only 2 months the first massive Moonbase layout was put together across the country at a LEGO fan convention in Seattle.
Thursday, August 8, 2002 Yoda Eyes PrankTroy Cefaratti posed a fake LEGO set by Ken Koleda entitled Yoda Eyes and fooled quite a few people with this silly prank
Saturday, January 4, 2003 Bricks Magazine AnnouncedBricks was to be the first LEGO fan magazine ever published... created by the
LEGO fan community for the LEGO fan community. The announcement was made by Matt Gerber on behalf of BrickMedia, LLC.
Sunday, February 9, 2003 COLTC FoundedThe Central Ohio Lego Train Club was founded on this day by Paul Janssen, John Bucy and others.
Friday, February 14, 2003 BricksWest 2003BricksWest 2003 is held in Carlsbad California, organized by Matthew Gerber.
Friday, February 14, 2003 First ISD Team BuildA team of 13 AFOLs at BricksWest built the 10030 ISD in 103 minutes, starting a trend at LEGO events trying to break the existing record for fastest team build.
Monday, February 17, 2003 International LEGO Train Club Organization (ILTCO) goes publicA briefing was presented at BricksWest which outlined the charter of ILTCO.
Monday, March 17, 2003 Bricks Magazine Charter Subscription OfferedBricks Magazine Charter Subscription - USD12 for 6 issues was offered.
Matt Gerber made the announcement as Editor-in-Chief of Bricks Magazine.
Tuesday, April 1, 2003 MOCpages goes onlineMOCpages web site goes online
Saturday, May 3, 2003 Eastern Block is BornThe Eastern Block sub theme is born when Chris Giddens creates the ZOG-31
Tuesday, May 20, 2003 Bricks Magazine DelayedTim Courtney, posting on behalf of BrickMedia, LLC announced that there were delays in the production of the preview issue of Bricks Magazine, and that the first full issue was to have been available mid-summer 2003.
Friday, June 20, 2003 LEGO Road ShowThe 2003 LEGO Road Show kicked off with a practice run in Enfield, CT, before touring North America. AFOL representatives from NELUG were present (rather last minute) to help demonstrate to the company what might be expected from participating enthusiasts.
Friday, August 8, 2003 Brickfest 2003Brickfest 2003 was held in August 2003 on the campus of George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. The lead organizer was Christina Hitchcock. Approximately 220 people attended. The first public expo drew about 1000 people.
Monday, September 15, 2003 Classic-Castle goes onlineClassic-Castle, a LEGO Castle resource and fan site, goes online.
Sunday, September 21, 2003 3vil Emerges from Deep Space3vil Emerges from Deep Space
Tuesday, November 18, 2003 LEGO Acknowledges A Changed Color PaletteJake McKee confirms the change in colors that Lego enthusiasts had just discovered days earlier. He states that products from 2004 onward will use the new color palette, including new grays, as well as some other colors (the other major one not announced at this point being brown).
Wednesday, November 19, 2003 First Colossal Castle ContestClassic-Castle announces the first Colossal Castle Contest, encouraging castle MOCs both small and large.
Tuesday, December 23, 2003 Travis Kunce passes awaySpace loses Travis Kunce, one of our best and brightest.
Friday, February 20, 2004 Brickfest 2004 PDXBrickfestPDX was held in February 2004 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. It was the first Brickfest to be held outside Virginia. Approximately 200 people attended. The public expo drew about 1200 people.
Wednesday, March 3, 2004 MALUG Forum goes onlineThe website for Hungarian AFOLs goes on line.
Wednesday, May 5, 2004 LEGO Locks Colors and Finalizes Color ChangeAfter much debate and many AFOL objections, the changing of three of Lego's colors becomes final according to Jake McKee. They are light gray, dark gray and brown.
The term 'Bley' becomes almost universally recognized to indicate this changing of the greys.
Saturday, May 8, 2004 First MALUG meetingFirst MALUG meeting with 4 attendees.
Monday, June 28, 2004 The L PRIZE is announcedTim Courtney, Contest Director of the L Prize, announced the "L PRIZE ": a new and exciting open competition that was to be officially launched at SIGGRAPH 2004, and concluded in February 2005.
The L PRIZE was to foster advances in LEGO CAD technologies by stimulating competition and bringing the contestants and the user communities together.
Friday, August 13, 2004 Brickfest 2004Brickfest 2004 was held on the campus of George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia from 08/12/04 to 08/14/004. The lead organizer was Christina Hitchcock. Approximately 250 people attended. The public expo drew about 2000 people.
Thursday, October 21, 2004 Kjeld Steps DownLEGO announces that Kjeld Kristiansen is stepping down from his role in the management of the company, and Jorgen Vig Knudstorp is taking over as the new CEO.
Sunday, November 7, 2004 Russian community DoubleBrick goes onlineThat was a day, then the first Russian AFOL community DoubleBrick.ru goes online.
Sunday, December 19, 2004 Classic-Space Forum goes onlineClassic-Space Forum goes online
Thursday, January 6, 2005 LEGO Ambassador program announcedJake Mckee heralds the creation of the LEGO Ambassadors, as a group to help foster communication between the fan community and the LEGO company.
Saturday, April 23, 2005 Star Destroyer Speed Build Tournament - Celebration IIIAt Star Wars Celebration III in Indianapolis, Indiana, a team of 8 AFOL's and 2 kids win first place in a single elimination tournament. The objective is to build the 10030 Imperial Star Destroyer faster than the competing team. Eight teams start on April 22. The "Indy AFOL Knights" finish their 3rd ISD the next day to take first place.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 First issue of BrickJournalJoe Meno releases the first ever BrickJournal issue in a free, downloadable format.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 LEGO sells ownership of Legoland parksLEGO announces its sale of majority ownership of the Legoland theme parks to the Blackstone group.
Monday, July 25, 2005 The Brothers Brick BeginsThe Brothers Brick, a new Lego blog starts commenting on all things LEGO.
Friday, August 12, 2005 Brickfest 2005Brickfest 2005 was held on the campus of George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia from 08/12/04 to 08/14/004. The lead organizer was Christina Hitchcock. Approximately 330 people attended. The public expo drew about 3000 people. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen owner of the LEGO Group and grandson of the founder, attended. Jake McKee and Mark Hansen announced the release of LEGO Digital Designer. With Lego Digital Designer, customers can design custom sets online, and LEGO will pack it up and send it them.
Thursday, September 15, 2005 PennLUG is foundedPennLUG is formed, first meeting in York, Pennsylvania
Thursday, November 17, 2005 Bill Swanberg arrestedBill Swanberg was arrested after stealing more than $200,000 worth of LEGO from Target stores by replacing barcodes.
Thursday, March 30, 2006 Ambassadors reveal the end of 9V TrainsLEGO Ambassador Eric Kingsley reveals some of LEGO's plans for 9V Trains to the community, starting what would later be named the Save 9V Trains movement among fans.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006 MechaHub goes liveBryce McGlone announces a new site dedicated to LEGO Mecha
Saturday, June 17, 2006 LUGNET hosting changesAdministration of LUGNET formally passes from Todd Lehman to Rene Hoffmeister.
Friday, August 25, 2006 Brickfest 2006Brickfest 2006 was held at the Sheraton Premiere at Tyson's Corner, Virginia. The lead organizer was Joe Meno. There were approximately 420 people in attendance. The public expo drew about 3500 people. This was the first Brickfest since the launching of Lego Mindstorms NXT, and many of the MUP and MDP members were there to talk about it. Allan Bedford, author of The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide, was also there, signing copies of his book.
Friday, October 20, 2006 LEGO Recalls TruckOne of the few recalls in LEGO history, LEGO decides to recall the 3509 LEGO Explore Super Truck. The truck's wheels were found to detach more easily than expected, revealing a dangerous metal axle.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006 LEGO Millyard UnveiledThe LEGO Millyard Project, a collaboration between AFOLs and LEGO, is officially completed and unveiled with sponsors Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen and Dean Kamen.
Friday, March 30, 2007 Brickfest 2007Brickfest 2007 was held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon from 03/30 to 04/01. This was originally slated as Brickfest PDX 2007, but relabled as simply Brickfest 2007 when the August convention was cancelled.
Monday, June 11, 2007 Eric Brok passes awayEric Brok, a Dutch AFOL active in De Bouwsteen, succumbed to the effects of cancer. Eric was an early pioneer in the on-line community with his site LEGO on my Mind, one of the first LEGO Ambassadors, and designer of the set 10190, Market Street.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 Stajinaria.net goes onlineStajinaria, an adult-oriented LEGO forum, goes online. It was created as a response to JLUG.net going down.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 JLUG goes downJLUG.com, the adult oriented LEGO site, went down due to a database failure.
Thursday, June 21, 2007 Brickworld 2007The first Brickworld event took place in Wheeling, Illinois June 21-24. The head event coordinators were Bryan Bonahoom and Adam Tucker. Richard Stollery was the keynote speaker.
Saturday, July 14, 2007 Brickshelf diesThe AFOL community was thrown into confusion when Brickshelf, the most prominent community site for displaying images of MOCs, seemed to die. Upon accessing the site, the following message appeared: "Brickshelf has discontinued operation. We apologize for any inconvenience."
Friday, July 20, 2007 Brickshelf revivesAfter a week of furious activity in the community, Brickshelf is officially resurrected.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Next-Gen goes upA TFOL building site goes up.
Monday, October 1, 2007 LEGO officialy announces end of 9V train systemLEGO announced final decision to end manufacture of the 9 volt train system with electrified rails.
Saturday, November 24, 2007 LAML Radio #1LAML Radio publishes its first interview.
Saturday, December 8, 2007 HispaBrick 2007The 1st AFOL event in Spain, it was held in December 8 and 9.
Monday, January 28, 2008 Google honors the LEGO brick's 50th anniversaryA LEGO brick-inspired 'Doodle' appears today on the Google homepage to the mark the 50th anniversary of the world-famous creative building brick.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 BrickWorld 2008BrickWorld 2008 kicks off in Wheeling, IL.
Friday, August 29, 2008 BrickFair 2008BrickFair 2008 begins, hosted at the Sharaton Premiere in Tysons Corner, VA.
Thursday, October 2, 2008 BrickCon 2008BrickCon is held at the Seattle Center in Seattle, WA.


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