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Episode 500 is coming up – we’d love to hear from you. Tell us your favorite Technorama memory!
Coming up in this episode…
* Star Trek
* Star Trek
* Star Trek
* …and a little bit of DragonCon
Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.
Feedback
* Voice Mail:
* BradP – Books
* BradP – Dinner with an author
* BradP – Proxy-Kreg
* BradP – White Line
* Tee Morris – Certifications
* Unknown – Late Fees
On This Day In History for September 14, 2016
This is the 258th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 108 days remaining in 2016.
* It was on this date in 1741 that George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.
* The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2) on this date in 1752.
* Also today in 1814, The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
* September 14, 1917, Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
* In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village on this date in 1954.
* That same date in 1958, The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
* It was 57 years ago today that The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
* 56 years ago today, The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
* Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean on this date in 1984.
* That same date in 1985, Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
* September 14, 1998, Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
* That same date in 2000, Microsoft releases Windows ME.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
* Danish geographer and cartographer Claudius Clavus, born on this date in 1388.
* Also born September 14, 1486 – German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa.
* Johann Kies, the German astronomer and mathematician was born today in 1713.
* German geographer and explorer Alexander von Humboldt was also born today in 1769.
* Our token Russian mathematician this week – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov was born September 14, 1891.
* TV’s original Lone Ranger, Clayton Moore was born 102 years ago.
* Astronomer, author, and designer of the Dobsonian telescope, John Dobson was born today in 1915.
* The founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association (or EAA), Paul Poberenzy would have been 95 today
* Born on this date in 1930 – Physicist and engineer, Eugene I Gordon.
* The man who designed the Shard and The New York Times Building, architect and engineer Renzo Piano is 81.
* and finally, the man you want to follow into the zombie apocalypse, English Actor Andrew Lincoln is 43.
Listener birthday calendar
* 01 – David Kloempken
* 02 – Scott Tyler
* 05 – Ben Vaughan (benvon) [1977]
* 06 – Susan Murph (SusietheGeek) How to Grow Your Geek Podcast
* 10 – Anthony Warnack (EastBayAnt) [1979]
* 14 – Andrew Peters (Perl Hacker from the UK)
* 18 – Jeff Schultz (Gorbash)
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Episode 500 is coming up – we’d love to hear from you. Tell us your favorite Technorama memory!
Coming up in this episode…
* Star Trek
* Star Trek
* Star Trek
* …and a little bit of DragonCon
Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.
Feedback
* Voice Mail:
* BradP – Books
* BradP – Dinner with an author
* BradP – Proxy-Kreg
* BradP – White Line
* Tee Morris – Certifications
* Unknown – Late Fees
On This Day In History for September 14, 2016
This is the 258th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 108 days remaining in 2016.
* It was on this date in 1741 that George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.
* The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2) on this date in 1752.
* Also today in 1814, The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
* September 14, 1917, Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
* In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village on this date in 1954.
* That same date in 1958, The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
* It was 57 years ago today that The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
* 56 years ago today, The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
* Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean on this date in 1984.
* That same date in 1985, Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
* September 14, 1998, Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
* That same date in 2000, Microsoft releases Windows ME.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
* Danish geographer and cartographer Claudius Clavus, born on this date in 1388.
* Also born September 14, 1486 – German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa.
* Johann Kies, the German astronomer and mathematician was born today in 1713.
* German geographer and explorer Alexander von Humboldt was also born today in 1769.
* Our token Russian mathematician this week – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov was born September 14, 1891.
* TV’s original Lone Ranger, Clayton Moore was born 102 years ago.
* Astronomer, author, and designer of the Dobsonian telescope, John Dobson was born today in 1915.
* The founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association (or EAA), Paul Poberenzy would have been 95 today
* Born on this date in 1930 – Physicist and engineer, Eugene I Gordon.
* The man who designed the Shard and The New York Times Building, architect and engineer Renzo Piano is 81.
* and finally, the man you want to follow into the zombie apocalypse, English Actor Andrew Lincoln is 43.
Listener birthday calendar
* 01 – David Kloempken
* 02 – Scott Tyler
* 05 – Ben Vaughan (benvon) [1977]
* 06 – Susan Murph (SusietheGeek) How to Grow Your Geek Podcast
* 10 – Anthony Warnack (EastBayAnt) [1979]
* 14 – Andrew Peters (Perl Hacker from the UK)
* 18 – Jeff Schultz (Gorbash)