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* Question of the week:
* Technorama
* Chuck “What’s wrong with you people?” — Office Space
* Kreg
On This Day In History for December 16, 2020
This is the 351st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 15 days remaining in 2020.
* It was on this date in 1843, that The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.
* That same date in 1907, The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
* 83 years ago today, Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempted to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
* Also on December 16, 1947, William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain built the first practical point-contact transistor.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
* English novelist, Jane Austen, born on this date in 1775.
* Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher was born on that same date in 1776.
* Viktor Bunyakovsky, the Russian mathematician and academic was born 216 years ago today.
* George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet was born on that same date in 1863.
* Bertha Lamme Feicht, the American electrical engineer was born 151 years ago today.
* Born December 16, 1882, German physicist and engineer Walther Meissner.
* Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer was born on that same date in 1917.
* Born December 16, 1928, American philosopher and author Philip K. Dick.
* American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Billy Gibbons, born on this date in 1949.
* Also turning 51 today is American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate Adam Riess.
* American computer scientist and academic, Jen Golbeck is 44 today.
* American actress, musician, and model, Krysten Ritter, born on this date in 1981.
Listener Birthdays
* 17 – Jorge Schrauwen
* 20 – Phil Burchill the 9 year old I started listening to Technorama with turned 21 this year (2017)!
* 21 – James Ballard KarakSindru
* 22 – Bo Pace
* 22 – Luke “Chuck’s Stalker” Smith (2000)
* 22 – Jason Pelloni, Tampa, FL
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 16, 2020
* If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
* Japan’s asteroid sample returns home, poised to reveal solar system’s secrets – CNET
* Scientists say they have come up with potential way to make oxygen on Mars – CNN
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Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.
Feedback
* Question of the week:
* Technorama
* Chuck “What’s wrong with you people?” — Office Space
* Kreg
On This Day In History for December 16, 2020
This is the 351st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 15 days remaining in 2020.
* It was on this date in 1843, that The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.
* That same date in 1907, The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
* 83 years ago today, Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempted to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
* Also on December 16, 1947, William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain built the first practical point-contact transistor.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
* English novelist, Jane Austen, born on this date in 1775.
* Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher was born on that same date in 1776.
* Viktor Bunyakovsky, the Russian mathematician and academic was born 216 years ago today.
* George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet was born on that same date in 1863.
* Bertha Lamme Feicht, the American electrical engineer was born 151 years ago today.
* Born December 16, 1882, German physicist and engineer Walther Meissner.
* Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer was born on that same date in 1917.
* Born December 16, 1928, American philosopher and author Philip K. Dick.
* American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Billy Gibbons, born on this date in 1949.
* Also turning 51 today is American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate Adam Riess.
* American computer scientist and academic, Jen Golbeck is 44 today.
* American actress, musician, and model, Krysten Ritter, born on this date in 1981.
Listener Birthdays
* 17 – Jorge Schrauwen
* 20 – Phil Burchill the 9 year old I started listening to Technorama with turned 21 this year (2017)!
* 21 – James Ballard KarakSindru
* 22 – Bo Pace
* 22 – Luke “Chuck’s Stalker” Smith (2000)
* 22 – Jason Pelloni, Tampa, FL
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 16, 2020
* If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
* Japan’s asteroid sample returns home, poised to reveal solar system’s secrets – CNET
* Scientists say they have come up with potential way to make oxygen on Mars – CNN
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