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Episode 730: Sweet, Sweet Milky Way

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      • On This Day In History for December 13, 2023

      This is the 347th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 18 days remaining in 2023.

      • It was on this date in 1577, that Sir Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
      • NASA launched Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit on this date in 1962
      • On December 13, 1972, Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt began the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or “Moonwalk” of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon

        • Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

        • Italian astronomer and philosopher, Francesco Bianchini, born on this date in 1662.
        • Born December 13, 1724, German astronomer and philosopher Franz Aepinus.
        • German chemist, invented the Döbereiner’s lamp, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner was born 243 years ago today.
        • Born December 13, 1816, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens Werner von Siemens.
        • Elizabeth Alexander, the British geologist, academic, and physicist was born 115 years ago today.
        • Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1923.
        • American actor, singer, and dancer, Dick Van Dyke is 98 today.
        • Born December 13, 1929, Canadian actor and producer Christopher Plummer.
        • American actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and comedian, Jamie Foxx is 56 today.
        • Also born on that same date in 1989,  American singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift.

          • Listener Birthdays

          • 12 – Wanda Steppe Kreg’s Awesome Mother!
          • 13 – Fritz The German
          • 14 – Michael Spence from Brother Osric’s Scriptorium
          • 17 – Jorge Schrauwen

            • And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 13, 2023

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              • News
              • Chuck discovered Takeout.Google.com.
              • We got Echo Frames!
              • Space station astronauts solve the mystery of a missing tomato : NPR
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                Hacks & Strange Stories
                • Scientists Grew ‘Mini Brains’ From Stem Cells. Then, The Brains Sort-of Developed Eyes. : ScienceAlert
                • Why scientists are making transparent wood | Ars Technica
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                  Remember When
                  • Tyrannosaur’s Last Supper of Baby Dinosaurs Well-Preserved in Fossil Belly
                  • Turbo Pascal celebrates 40 years of innovation and legacy in the programming world | TechSpot
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                      • The Billionaire, The Butler, and the Boyfriend
                      • Till Murder Do Us Part (Netflix)
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