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On This Day In History for November 4, 2020
This is the 309th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 57 days remaining in 2020.
It was on this date in 1783, that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 was performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
Also today in 1847, Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
It was on this date in 1890, that the City and South London Railway: London’s first deep-level tube railway opened between King William Street and Stockwell.
98 years ago today, In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men found the entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
It was also this date in 1952 that The United States government established the National Security Agency, or NSA.
November 4, 1962, The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Also today in 1973, The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
French mathematician and engineer, Pierre-Simon Girard, born on this date in 1765.
Irish engineer, who invented the tractor, Harry Ferguson was born 136 years ago today.
Born November 4, 1904, Polish engineer, technician, and academic Tadeusz Żyliński.
Joseph Rotblat, the Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 112 years ago today.
Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie was born on that same date in 1916.
Walter Cronkite, the American journalist, voice actor, and producer was born 104 years ago today.
Art Carney, American actor, was born on that same date in 1918.
American scientist and engineer, Mary Sherman Morgan was born 99 years ago today.
Charles K. Kao, the Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate was born 87 years ago today.
Also born on that same date in 1937, American actress and singer, Loretta Swit.
American actor, Ralph Macchio is 59 today.
Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist was born on that same date in 1983.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 4, 2020
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
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Remember November is International Technorama Voicemail Month!
Voicemail from John Miller Jr
What lives in your brain rent free?
Technorama
Chuck
Kreg
On This Day In History for November 4, 2020
This is the 309th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 57 days remaining in 2020.
It was on this date in 1783, that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 was performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
Also today in 1847, Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
It was on this date in 1890, that the City and South London Railway: London’s first deep-level tube railway opened between King William Street and Stockwell.
98 years ago today, In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men found the entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
It was also this date in 1952 that The United States government established the National Security Agency, or NSA.
November 4, 1962, The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Also today in 1973, The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
French mathematician and engineer, Pierre-Simon Girard, born on this date in 1765.
Irish engineer, who invented the tractor, Harry Ferguson was born 136 years ago today.
Born November 4, 1904, Polish engineer, technician, and academic Tadeusz Żyliński.
Joseph Rotblat, the Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 112 years ago today.
Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie was born on that same date in 1916.
Walter Cronkite, the American journalist, voice actor, and producer was born 104 years ago today.
Art Carney, American actor, was born on that same date in 1918.
American scientist and engineer, Mary Sherman Morgan was born 99 years ago today.
Charles K. Kao, the Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate was born 87 years ago today.
Also born on that same date in 1937, American actress and singer, Loretta Swit.
American actor, Ralph Macchio is 59 today.
Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist was born on that same date in 1983.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 4, 2020
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
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