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If it came out that we were 100% living in a simulation, what would be the biggest indicator looking back?

On This Day In History for July 12, 2023

This is the 193rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1493, that Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, was published

That same date in 1776, Captain James Cook began his third voyage

It was on this date in 1962, that The Rolling Stones performed for the first time at London’s Marquee Club

28 years ago today, Chinese seismologists successfully predicted the 1995 Myanmar-China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11.

It was 22 years ago today that Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American essayist, poet, and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, born on this date in 1817.

George Eastman, the American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak was born 169 years ago today.

Born July 12, 1863, German physicist and academic Paul Drude.

Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Louis B. Mayer, born on this date in 1884.

American director, producer, and songwriter, Oscar Hammerstein II was born 128 years ago today.

American comedian and actor, Milton Berle, born on this date in 1908.

James E. Gunn, the American science fiction author was born 100 years ago today.

American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200, Victor Poor, born on this date in 1933.

Born July 12, 1943, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player Christine McVie.

Also turning 75 today is American fitness trainer and actor Richard Simmons.

Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the Galaksija computer, Voja Antonić, born on this date in 1952.

Rick Husband, the American colonel, pilot, and astronaut was born 66 years ago today.

Listener Birthdays

12 – Shadowbird712 of Shadowbird Studios (http://shadowbirdsrandomcrap.blogspot.com/) (Sorry for the cheap plug, y’all)

12 – François Pominville nickname: Bookaroo (Year: 11110110001, Canada)

13 – Ben Ragunton of TGGeeks

18 – Lord Doomicus

18 – Nikolai from Dancing With Elephants

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July  12, 2023

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Harvard professor Avi Loeb believes he’s found fragments of alien technology

Robots say they won’t steal jobs, rebel against humans

Phosphine Confirmed Deep Within Venus’ Atmosphere, A Possible Sign Of Life

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On This Day In History for July 5, 2023

This is the 186th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1687, that Isaac Newton published Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Also on July 5, 1865, The United States Secret Service began operation.

It was 86 years ago today, that Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation

Also on July 5, 1946, Micheline Bernardini modeled the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris

That same date in 1954, Elvis Presley recorded his first single, “That’s All Right”, at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee

It was on this date in 1954, that The BBC broadcast its first daily television news bulletin.

It was 29 years ago today that Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.

It was also this date in 1996 that Dolly the sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult cell

That same date in 2012, The Shard in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 meters (1,020 ft)

It was also this date in 2016 that The Juno space probe arrived at Jupiter and begins a 20 -month survey of the planet

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, P. T. Barnum, born on this date in 1810.

Scottish physicist, mathematician, and engineer, William John Macquorn Rankine was born 203 years ago today.

Born July 5, 1867, American astronomer A. E. Douglass.

Louise Freeland Jenkins, the American astronomer and academic was born 135 years ago today.

John Howard Northrop, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1891.

German-American biologist and ornithologist, Ernst Mayr, born on this date in 1904.

Endel Aruja, Estonian-Canadian physicist and academic was born on that same date in 1911.

French musicologist, critic and physicist, Paul-Gilbert Langevin was born 90 years ago today.

Also turning 77 today is Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Gerard ‘t Hooft.

Also born on that same date in 1950,  American singer-songwriter and actor, Huey Lewis.

American mathematician and computer scientist, Caryn Navy, born on this date in 1953.

American screenwriter and producer, Ronald D. Moore is 59 today.

Listener Birthdays

6 – Peter(1982, Sweden)

8 – Trampas Whiteman (aka Dragonhelm)

8 – Mark Lee (aka geekdad72) Stardate -351519.09

8 – Alan Ralph (a.k.a. Spiffy)

8 – Kim Eaddy – Kreg’s Wife

10 – KHD a.k.a. The Devin

11 – Steven Truax (rednecktech)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July  5, 2023

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On This Day In History for June 28, 2023

This is the 179th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1870, that The US Congress established the first federal holidays (New Year Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas).

June 28, 1894, Labor Day became an official US holiday

Also today in 1895, The United States Court of Private Land Claims ruled James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is “wholly fictitious and fraudulent.”

It was on this date in 1902, that The U.S. Congress passed the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal

112 years ago today, The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, fell to Earth, landing in Egypt

It was 97 years ago today, that Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies

On June 28, 1948, Boxer Dick Turpin beat Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era

It was on this date in 1964, that Malcolm X formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity

It was 54 years ago today, that Stonewall riots began in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement

That same date in 1997, during the Holyfield-Tyson II fight, Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield’s ear

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German chemist, Emil Erlenmeyer, born on this date in 1825.

French mathematician and academic, Henri Lebesgue was born 148 years ago today.

Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist was born on that same date in 1879.

German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Maria Goeppert Mayer was born 117 years ago today.

Also born on that same date in 1926, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, Mel Brooks.

American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Frank Sherwood Rowland, born on this date in 1927.

American actor, Pat Morita was born 91 years ago today.

Born June 28, 1941, American computer scientist and academic, developed the OBJ language Joseph Goguen.

German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Klaus von Klitzing is 80 today.

Born June 28, 1946, American actress and comedian Gilda Radner.

American journalist, Tom Merritt, born on this date in 1970.

South African-born American entrepreneur, Elon Musk is 52 today.

Listener Birthdays

June 29 – Martin McKeay (Accch, this is the Big 40!)

June 29 – Gilles Laurent

June 30 – Alexis Duran (ADdude)

July 4 – Mike McBride

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June  28, 2023

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News

NASA just recycled 98% of all astronaut pee and sweat on the ISS (engineers are thrilled)

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg: Are they really going to cage fight?

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What’s a trope you love but cannot find enough of?

On This Day In History for June 21, 2023

This is the 172nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 193 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 2004, that SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight

Pluto’s newly discovered moons were officially named Nix and Hydra on this date in 2006

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English optician and astronomer, John Dollond, born on this date in 1706.

Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist was born on that same date in 1781.

Born June 21, 1805, American physician and geologist Charles Thomas Jackson.

Italian physicist and neurophysiologist, Carlo Matteucci, born on this date in 1811.

French astronomer, Jean Chacornac was born 200 years ago today.

Arthur Cowper Ranyard, English astrophysicist and astronomer was born on that same date in 1845.

Born June 21, 1850, American author and illustrator, co-founded the Boy Scouts of America Daniel Carter Beard.

German astronomer and academic, Max Wolf was born 160 years ago today.

Born June 21, 1876, Dutch physicist and academic Willem Hendrik Keesom.

German mathematician and physicist, Harry Schmidt, born on this date in 1894.

Born June 21, 1916, American physicist and astronomer Herbert Friedman.

German mathematician and computer scientist, Michael M. Richter, born on this date in 1938.

American actress and television personality, Mariette Hartley is 83 today.

Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic was born on that same date in 1945.

Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut, Gennady Padalka is 65 today.

American actor, Chris Pratt, born on this date in 1979.

Also turning 41 today is William, Prince of Wales.

Listener Birthdays

21 – Ascii Adam from the Hook Show

22 – Lance Heath

22 – Jack Stevens

22 – Chris Martinez (Scotland)

25 – Mark Sheppard (Wichita, Kansas) Born 1957

25 – Jim Guckin from Philadelphia, Pa

26 – Patrick Norton

26 – Daughter of Will The Computer Guy

27 – Jordan Burkhead, daughter of Chip Burkhead from The Scotchcast

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June  21, 2023

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Scientists report creation of first human synthetic model embryos | CNN

Chuck: Gadget review – Rodecaster Duo

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Grapefruit-sized monster: World’s largest kidney stone removed | KTUL

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Aside from Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, and David Attenborough, which living celebrity has the best “narrator voice”?

On This Day In History for June 7, 2023

This is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 207 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1810, that The newspaper Gazeta de Buenos Ayres was first published in Argentina

That same date in 1862, The United States and the United Kingdom agreed in the Lyons-Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade

Also today in 1906, Cunard Line’s RMS Lusitania was launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland

It was 85 years ago today, that The Douglas DC-4E made its first test flight

It was also this date in 1946 that The United Kingdom’s BBC returned to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of World War II

It was 68 years ago today that Lux Radio Theatre signed off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films

That same date in 1975, Sony launched Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format.

46 years ago today, Five hundred million people watched the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television

June 7, 1982, Priscilla Presley opened Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier was kept off-limits

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Philipp Lenard, born on this date in 1862.

Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer and academic was born on that same date in 1879.

Danish anthropologist and explorer, Knud Rasmussen, born on this date in 1879.

Alexander P. de Seversky, Georgian-American pilot and engineer, co-designed the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was born on that same date in 1894.

Robert S. Mulliken, the American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate was born 127 years ago today.

Brooks Stevens, American engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile was born on that same date in 1911.

Also born on that same date in 1952,  Irish-American actor, Liam Neeson.

Born June 7, 1958, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor Prince.

English adventurer, author, and television host, Bear Grylls is 49 today.

Listener Birthdays

8 – Bobby Irvin

10 – Tim (from Australia)

10 – Weber (BTW June 10 – AA was founded 1935)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 7, 2023

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Watch the moment a cosmonaut tossed a bag of parts into space but NASA said the space litter is harmless

New Discovery at The Grand Canyon that scares scientists

Scientists actually managed to translate chimpanzee language for the...

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On This Day In History for May 10, 2023

This is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 235 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 28 BC, that a sunspot was observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.

May 10, 1497, Amerigo Vespucci allegedly left Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.

It was on this date in 1503, that Christopher Columbus visited the Cayman Islands and named them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.

Also on May 10, 1869, The First transcontinental railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, was completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory with the golden spike.

The Centennial Exposition was opened in Philadelphia on this date in 1876

That same date in 1904, The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG was founded. It eventually became the Audi company.

On May 10, 1916, Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrived at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.

It was on this date in 1946, that saw the first successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.

Marvel Comics published the first issue of The Incredible Hulk on this date in 1962

It was 48 years ago today, that Sony introduced the Betamax videocassette recorder.

One World Trade Center became the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere on this date in 2013

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American captain and explorer, Robert Gray, born on this date in 1755.

Born May 10, 1788, French physicist and engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel.

Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic was born on that same date in 1847.

Fred Astaire, the American actor, singer, and dancer was born 124 years ago today.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist was born on that same date in 1900.

Irish-English crystallographer and physicist, John Desmond Bernal was born 122 years ago today.

American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate, George E. Smith, born on this date in 1930.

Also turning 63 today is Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist Bono.

Also born on that same date in 1969,  American author and blogger, John Scalzi.

Listener Birthdays

10 – Tim (from Australia)

10 – Weber (BTW June 10 – AA was founded 1935)

15 – Miss Eliza Sea from Wingin’ It 3D

16 – Joe Edmisson

16 – Jason from The Angry Geek

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May  10, 2023

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Now You See It: US Air Force Took Ship’s Name From ‘Star Trek’

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On This Day In History for May 3, 2023

This is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 242 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1715, that A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within four minutes accuracy

On May 3, 1837, The University of Athens was founded in Athens, Greece.

71 years ago today, The Kentucky Derby was televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network

Also today in 1952, Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States landed a plane at the North Pole

That same date in 1978, The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as “spam”) was sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States

May 3, 2000, The sport of geocaching began, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian historian and philosopher, Niccolò Machiavelli, born on this date in 1469.

Born May 3, 1695, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube Henri Pitot.

Italian mathematician and physicist, Vito Volterra, born on this date in 1860.

Born May 3, 1879, Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded Qantas, Fergus McMaster.

George Paget Thomson, the English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 131 years ago today.

Bing Crosby, American singer and actor was born on that same date in 1903.

German-Danish mathematician and academic, Werner Fenchel, born on this date in 1905.

James Brown, the American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor was born 90 years ago today.

American singer and actor, Frankie Valli is 89 today.

Born May 3, 1935, American businessman, founded the Ronco Company Ron Popeil.

Listener Birthdays

3 – Keao Wright

3 – Leon

5 – Joe Mieczkowski host of Onthepodcast

6 – Amber Pace (not really a listener, but a mother and a wife of listeners)

6 – Bill Barbour

6 – Steve Bickle

6 – Brian Brown

8 – Curtis Parish

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 3, 2023

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News

James Webb Space Telescope spots huge galactic protocluster in the early universe (photo)

NASA is keeping Voyager 2 going until at least 2026 by tapping into backup power

‘Mom, these bad men have me’: She believes scammers cloned her daughter’s voice in a fake kidnapping

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AI Coding Competition Pits GPT-4 Against Bard, GitHub Co-Pilot, Bing, and Claude+

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On This Day In History for April 26, 2023

This is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 249 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1954, that The first clinical trials of Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine began in Fairfax County, Virginia.

On April 26, 1956, SS Ideal X, the world’s first successful container ship, left Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas

65 years ago today, was the final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives

It was 61 years ago today, that NASA’s Ranger 4 spacecraft crashed into the Moon

April 26, 1962, The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1.

It was 37 years ago today, that The Chernobyl disaster occured in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

April 26, 1993, The Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.

That same date in 2019, Marvel Studios’ blockbuster film, Avengers: Endgame, was released, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing the previous box office record of Avatar.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian painter and academic, Gian Paolo Lomazzo, born on this date in 1538.

Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist was born on that same date in 1774.

American banker, lawyer, and politician, Charles Goodyear was born 219 years ago today.

English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Owen Willans Richardson, born on this date in 1879.

Charles Francis Richter, the American seismologist and physicist was born 123 years ago today.

Also born on that same date in 1933, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Arno Allan Penzias.

American actress, singer, and producer, Carol Burnett is 90 today.

Also turning 80 today is American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer Gary Wright.

Listener Birthdays

26 – Stewe Lundin – Sweden

29 – Shepherd Thom from outside of the known universe

29 – Timothy Karre

29 – Dhruv Gupta

30 – Julio Diaz (JulioTijuana)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April  26, 2023

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A First-of-Its-Kind Signal Has Been Detected in The Human Brain : ScienceAlert

Hydrogen’s Hidden Phase: Machine Learning Unlocks the Secrets of the Universe’s Most Abundant Element (scitechdaily.com)

Let’s talk about SpaceX and their RUD. (rapid unscheduled disassembly)

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On This Day In History for April 19, 2023

This is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 256 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1770, that Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sighted the eastern coast of what is now Australia.

It was also this date in 1818 that French physicist Augustin Fresnel signed his preliminary “Note on the Theory of Diffraction” (deposited on the following day). The document ended with what we now call the Fresnel integrals

April 19, 1943, Albert Hofmann deliberately dosed himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16

It was 52 years ago today that Salyut 1, the first space station, was launched.

April 19, 1975, India’s first satellite Aryabhata was launched into orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia

Also today in 1987, The Simpsons first appeared as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with “Good Night”

It was also this date in 1993 that The 51 -day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, USA, ended when a fire broke out. Seventy-six Davidians, including eighteen children under the age of ten, died in the fire

On April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, was bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Norwegian-American engineer, invented the outboard motor, Ole Evinrude, born on this date in 1877.

Richard von Mises, the Austrian-American mathematician and physicist was born 140 years ago today.

American law enforcement agent, Eliot Ness, born on this date in 1903.

Born April 19, 1912, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Glenn T. Seaborg.

Jayne Mansfield, the American model and actress was born 90 years ago today.

Also turning 59 today is American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Kim Weaver.

Also born on that same date in 1981,  Canadian actor, Hayden Christensen.

American comedian and actress, Ali Wong is 41 today.

Listener Birthdays & other

19 – Amanda (SusietheGeek’s daughter & Geek in Training)

21 – Kim and Kreg’s Anniversary

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April  19, 2023

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Open source is fueling the future of nuclear physics

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This Square-Wheeled Bicycle Works Like a Pedal-Powered Tank

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How This Museum is Building a 20-Foot-Tall Donkey Kong Arcade Cabinet

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On This Day In History for April 12, 2023

This is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 263 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1928, that The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, took off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west

Also on April 12, 1937, Sir Frank Whittle ground-tested the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England

That same date in 1955, The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, was declared safe and effective

Also on April 12, 1961, The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1

On April 12, 1980, Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John’s, NF

It was on this date in 1981, that The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) took place: The STS-1 mission

Jim Gary’s “Twentieth Century Dinosaurs” exhibition opened at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there on this date in 1990

It was also this date in 1992 that The Euro Disney Resort officially opened with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park’s name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English naturalist and physician, Martin Lister, born on this date in 1639.

Belgian mathematician and engineer, Germinal Pierre Dandelin was born 229 years ago today.

Born April 12, 1852, German mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann.

Imogen Cunningham, the American photographer and educator was born 140 years ago today.

German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Otto Meyerhof was born 139 years ago today.

Evelyn Berezin, the American computer scientist and engineer was born 98 years ago today.

Ukrainian-Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut, Igor Volk was born 86 years ago today.

Also born on that same date in 1940,  American pianist, composer, and bandleader, Herbie Hancock.

American historian and author, Tom Clancy was born 76 years ago today.

American comedian and talk show host, David Letterman is 76 today.

Listener Birthdays

14 – Danny Harnish

16 – Donna Tomasi

18 – Skaifey (Anthony)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 12, 2023

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A Furby hooked up to ChatGPT?

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