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Episode 728: Toxic Workplace Environment

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  • QOTW: A person from 1923 gets transported to the year 2023. What things will shock him/her the most?
    • On This Day In History for October 25, 2023

    This is the 298th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 67 days remaining in 2023.

    • It was on this date in 1616, that Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog made the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast
    • On October 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP, which became one of Microsoft’s most successful operating systems.

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      • German astronomer, Heinrich Schwabe, born on this date in 1789.
      • Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, a German astronomer and geophysicist was born 198 years ago today.
      • Austrian composer and educator, Johann Strauss II, born on this date in 1825.
      • Born October 25, 1838, French pianist and composer Georges Bizet.
      • Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archaeologist was born on that same date in 1856.
      • American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Company, John Francis Dodge, born on this date in 1864.
      • Born October 25, 1866, German composer Georg Schumann.
      • Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer was born on that same date in 1877.
      • American physicist and video game designer, William Higinbotham was born 113 years ago today.
      • Minnie Pearl, the American entertainer and philanthropist was born 111 years ago today.
      • Billy Barty, American actor was born on that same date in 1924.
      • Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic, Peter Naur was born 95 years ago today.
      • American actress, Marion Ross, born on this date in 1928.
      • American soldier, pilot, and astronaut, Rusty Schweickart is 88 today.
      • Also born on that same date in 1952,  English computer scientist, mathematician, and academic, Wendy Hall.
      • American voice actress Nancy Cartwright is 66 today.
      • Also born on that same date in 1984,  American singer-songwriter and actress, Katy Perry.

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          • And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 25, 2023

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