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What movie(s) is your comfort food? The ones you will watch time after time?
Technorama
Chuck
Kreg
On This Day In History for September 30, 2020
This is the 274th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 92 days remaining in 2020.
It was on this date in 1791, that The first performance of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
That same date in 1882, Thomas Edison’s first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) began operation.
On September 30, 1935, The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, was dedicated.
It was on this date in 1939, that NBC broadcast the first televised American football game.
66 years ago today, The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus was commissioned as the world’s first nuclear-powered vessel.
It was on this date in 1965, that The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, was introduced.
Also today in 1967, The BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service were replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively, BBC Radio 1 was also launched.
On September 30, 1968, The Boeing 747 was rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
The AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. Eight years later, the first production model rolled out of the assembly line on this date in 1975.
September 30, 1977, Because of NASA budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program’s ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
On September 30, 1980, Ethernet specifications were published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
German astronomer and mathematician, Michael Maestlin, born on this date in 1550.
John Rae, the Scottish physician and explorer was born 207 years ago today.
American activist, co-founded Mother’s Day, Ann Jarvis was born 188 years ago today.
American businessman, founded Wrigley Company, William Wrigley, Jr., born on this date in 1861.
French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Jean Baptiste Perrin was born 150 years ago today.
Born September 30, 1882, German physicist and academic Hans Geiger.
English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Nevill Francis Mott, born on this date in 1905.
Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer and educator was born on that same date in 1925.
Also born on that same date in 1935, American singer and actor, Johnny Mathis.
German-American biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate, Johann Deisenhofer, born on this date in 1943.
English astronomer and academic, Richard Edwin Hills is 75 today.
Also turning 65 today is German engineer, co-founded Sun Microsystems Andy Bechtolsheim.
Also born on that same date in 1961, American actor, director, and producer, Eric Stoltz.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 30, 2020
Listener birthdays:
1 – 10/1 = 101 & Stephen Wesche (From Saint Louis Missouri) (Pronounced Like the first part of the word “Wet” and the word “She”)
2 – Adam Rumpke
6 – John Duerholt (Jo Dho)
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the
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What movie(s) is your comfort food? The ones you will watch time after time?
Technorama
Chuck
Kreg
On This Day In History for September 30, 2020
This is the 274th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 92 days remaining in 2020.
It was on this date in 1791, that The first performance of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
That same date in 1882, Thomas Edison’s first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) began operation.
On September 30, 1935, The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, was dedicated.
It was on this date in 1939, that NBC broadcast the first televised American football game.
66 years ago today, The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus was commissioned as the world’s first nuclear-powered vessel.
It was on this date in 1965, that The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, was introduced.
Also today in 1967, The BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service were replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively, BBC Radio 1 was also launched.
On September 30, 1968, The Boeing 747 was rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
The AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. Eight years later, the first production model rolled out of the assembly line on this date in 1975.
September 30, 1977, Because of NASA budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program’s ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
On September 30, 1980, Ethernet specifications were published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
German astronomer and mathematician, Michael Maestlin, born on this date in 1550.
John Rae, the Scottish physician and explorer was born 207 years ago today.
American activist, co-founded Mother’s Day, Ann Jarvis was born 188 years ago today.
American businessman, founded Wrigley Company, William Wrigley, Jr., born on this date in 1861.
French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Jean Baptiste Perrin was born 150 years ago today.
Born September 30, 1882, German physicist and academic Hans Geiger.
English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Nevill Francis Mott, born on this date in 1905.
Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer and educator was born on that same date in 1925.
Also born on that same date in 1935, American singer and actor, Johnny Mathis.
German-American biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate, Johann Deisenhofer, born on this date in 1943.
English astronomer and academic, Richard Edwin Hills is 75 today.
Also turning 65 today is German engineer, co-founded Sun Microsystems Andy Bechtolsheim.
Also born on that same date in 1961, American actor, director, and producer, Eric Stoltz.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 30, 2020
Listener birthdays:
1 – 10/1 = 101 & Stephen Wesche (From Saint Louis Missouri) (Pronounced Like the first part of the word “Wet” and the word “She”)
2 – Adam Rumpke
6 – John Duerholt (Jo Dho)
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the