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On This Day In History for July 20, 2022

This is the 201st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 164 days remaining in 2022.

It was on this date in 1738, that Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reached the western shore of Lake Michigan

It was also this date in 1900 that An airship designed and constructed by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin of Germany made its first flight near Friedrichshafen.

On July 20, 1807, Nicéphore Niépce was awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world’s first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France

Also on July 20, 1903, The Ford Motor Company shipped its first automobile

It was on this date in 1940, that California opened its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway

It was 62 years ago today, that The Polaris missile was successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time

July 20, 1969, Apollo 11’s crew successfully made the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later

It was also this date in 1976 that The American Viking 1 lander successfully landed on Mars.

Also today in 1997, The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrated its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years

1 year ago today, American businessman Jeff Bezos flew to space aboard New Shepard  NS-16 operated by his Private spaceflight company Blue Origin.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist, Richard Owen, born on this date in 1804.

Gregor Mendel, the Austro-German monk, geneticist and botanist was born 200 years ago today.

English explorer, Clements Markham, born on this date in 1830.

German mathematician and academic, Otto Blumenthal was born 146 years ago today.

Born July 20, 1882, Austrian mathematician and philosopher Olga Hahn-Neurath.

1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC, John Reith, born on this date in 1889.

Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1897.

Born July 20, 1919, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer Edmund Hillary.

American businessman, co-founded Little Caesars, Mike Ilitch was born 93 years ago today.

American singer-songwriter, Kim Carnes, born on this date in 1945.

Also turning 75 today is Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist Carlos Santana.

Mexican-American screenwriter and producer, Roberto Orci is 49 today.

Listener Birthdays

23 – John Miller Jr. – Lancaster SC

23 – Dave Perillo, MegaPodTastic and Montygog’s Art-O-Rama!

26 – Aaron Heath (Adelaide, Australia)

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On This Day In History for July 6, 2022

This is the 187th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 178 days remaining in 2022.

It was on this date in 1484, that Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão found the mouth of the Congo River

July 6, 1536, The explorer Jacques Cartier landed at St. Malo at the end of his second expedition to North America. He returned with none of the gold he expected to find.

That same date in 1885, Louis Pasteur successfully tested his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog

The British dirigible R34 landed in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship on this date in 1919

It was on this date in 1942, that Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the “Secret Annexe” above her father’s office in an Amsterdam warehouse

78 years ago today, Jackie Robinson refused to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial

Also today in 1957, John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.

60 years ago today, As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test took place

Also on July 6, 1990, The Electronic Frontier Foundation was founded

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian mathematician and architect, Antonio Manetti, born on this date in 1423.

Born July 6, 1916, American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor Don R. Christensen.

Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on that same date in 1925.

American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, Merv Griffin, born on this date in 1925.

Born July 6, 1927, American actress and author Janet Leigh.

Ned Beatty, the American actor was born 85 years ago today.

American actor, director, and screenwriter, Sylvester Stallone is 76 today.

Also turning 76 today is American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush.

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)

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

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

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 6, 2022

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On This Day In History for June 29, 2022

This is the 180th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 185 days remaining in 2022.

It was on this date in 1613, that the Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare’s playing company (the Lord Chamberlain’s Men) burned to the ground.

George Edward Gouraud recorded Handel’s Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music on this date in 1888

That same date in 1927, The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completed the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii

Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docked with the Russian space station Mir for the first time. on this date in 1995

Also today in 2007, Apple Inc. released its first mobile phone, the iPhone.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian astronomer and academic, Angelo Secchi, born on this date in 1818.

George Washington Goethals, the American general and engineer, co-designed the Panama Canal was born 164 years ago today.

William James Mayo, American physician and surgeon, co-founded the Mayo Clinic was born on that same date in 1861.

George Ellery Hale, the American astronomer and journalist was born 154 years ago today.

Born June 29, 1903, English engineer, developed the H2S radar Alan Blumlein.

Polish mathematician, Witold Hurewicz, born on this date in 1904.

Born June 29, 1914, Greek-American mathematician and academic Christos Papakyriakopoulos.

Also born on that same date in 1944,  American actor, Gary Busey.

Also turning 67 today is American colonel, pilot, and astronaut Charles J. Precourt.

English physicist and academic, Terry Wyatt, born on this date in 1957.

Also born on that same date in 1962,  American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, George D. Zamka.

Listener Birthdays

June 30 – Alexis Duran (ADdude)

July 4 – Mike McBride

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 29, 2022

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On This Day In History for June 22, 2022

This is the 173rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 192 days remaining in 2022.

It was on this date in 1633, that The Holy Office in Rome forced Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy

A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reached Le Havre in France on this date in 1783

On June 22, 1969, The Cuyahoga River caught fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Also on June 22, 1978, Charon, the first of Pluto’s satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German mathematician and academic, Hermann Minkowski, born on this date in 1864.

Milan Vidmar, the Slovenian engineer and chess player was born 137 years ago today.

Born June 22, 1894, English archaeologist and art historian Bernard Ashmole.

Richard Gurley Drew, American engineer, invented Masking tape was born on that same date in 1899.

American criminal, John Dillinger was born 119 years ago today.

German computer scientist and engineer, invented the Z3 computer, Konrad Zuse, born on this date in 1910.

American computer scientist and engineer, James H. Pomerene was born 102 years ago today.

Canadian physicist and academic, Larkin Kerwin, born on this date in 1924.

Ralph Waite, American actor and director was born on that same date in 1928.

Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut, Yuri Artyukhin was born 92 years ago today.

American physicist, author, and academic, James Bjorken is 88 today.

Also turning 79 today is British-American physicist J. Michael Kosterlitz.

Also born on that same date in 1949,  American actress, Lindsay Wagner.

American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress, Cyndi Lauper, born on this date in 1953.

American actor, director, and screenwriter, Tim Russ is 66 today.

Also turning 64 today is American actor, director, producer and writer Bruce Campbell.

Listener Birthdays

23 – John Miller Jr. – Lancaster SC

23 – Dave Perillo, MegaPodTastic and Montygog’s Art-O-Rama!

26 – Aaron Heath (Adelaide, Australia)

27 – Wife of Will The Computer Guy

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June  22, 2022

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On This Day In History for June 15, 2022

This is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 199 days remaining in 2022.

It was on this date in 763 BC, that Assyrians recorded a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.

King John of England put his seal to Magna Carta on this date in 1215

June 15, 1502, Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage

355 years ago today, The first human blood transfusion was administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys

It was 270 years ago today, that Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown)

June 15, 1844, Charles Goodyear received a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber

That same date in 1919, John Alcock and Arthur Brown completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland

June 15, 1921, Bessie Coleman earned her pilot’s license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent

Also on June 15, 1936, First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber

It was on this date in 2012, that Nik Wallenda became the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian model, subject of the Mona Lisa, Lisa del Giocondo, born on this date in 1479.

Born June 15, 1542, English captain and explorer Richard Grenville.

Juan José Elhuyar, the Spanish chemist and mineralogist was born 268 years ago today.

Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer was born on that same date in 1792.

German oceanographer and academic, Georg Wüst, born on this date in 1890.

Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author was born on that same date in 1906.

John Fenn, the American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 105 years ago today.

American lighting and production designer Marc Brickman is 69 today.

Listener Birthdays

15 – Miss Eliza Sea from Wingin’ It 3D

16 – Joe Edmisson

16 – Jason from The Angry Geek

17 – Digital Dan from the Hook Show

18 – Luke (platypuss72) from UK

18 – Xianfox from Appleton

19 – Steven (sphen603) from Wichita, Kansas

21 – Ascii Adam from the Hook Show

22 – Lance Heath

22 – Jack Stevens

22 – Chris Martinez (Scotland)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June  15, 2022

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On This Day in History for May 18, 2022

This is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 227 days remaining in 2022.

It was on this date in 1499, that Alonso de Ojeda set sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela

It was also this date in 1953 that Jackie Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier

Apollo program: Apollo 10 was launched on this date in 1969

On May 18, 1974, Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonated its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so

Also on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage

17 years ago today, A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirmed that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, Omar Khayyám, born on this date in 1048.

Born May 18, 1711, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician Roger Joseph Boscovich.

English engineer, mathematician, and physicist, Oliver Heaviside, born on this date in 1850.

Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer was born on that same date in 1889.

American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Vincent du Vigneaud, born on this date in 1901.

Born May 18, 1912, American singer and television host Perry Como.

Don Martin, American cartoonist was born on that same date in 1931.

Also born on that same date in 1941,  Scottish astronomer, physicist, and academic, Malcolm Longair.

Also turning 52 today is American actress, producer, and screenwriter Tina Fey.

Also born on that same date in 1979,  Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft, Jens Bergensten.

Listener Birthdays

May

22 – Tim Elliott

23 – Kris Ziel Host and producer of The AVScast and 24 Under Review

26 – Eli Yukelzon

27 – Tonya from Dancing With Elephants

28 – Chris Martens, Host of The Jesus Geeks, Z Net Central, and Producer of On The Edge Of Darkness

30 – Petri Lopia

31 – Troy Dunlavy

June

1 – Selganor

2 – Anthony Gartner (Enigmavb)

4 – Leo Schrauwen – history and pictures from Ekeren (Antwerp, Belgium) in Dutch

4 – Tara Parkman (daughter of Richard Parkman)

6 – Adam Larson (UncleAdam)

6 – Grandma Grace (1921)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 18, 2022

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On This Day In History for May 11, 2022

This is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 234 days remaining in 2022.

It was on this date in 868, that A copy of the Diamond Sutra was printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.

Also today in 1502, Christopher Columbus left on his fourth and last voyage (till Nov.7,1504).

Also on May 11, 1997, Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeated Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, born on this date in 1752.

Born May 11, 1871, American astronomer and author Frank Schlesinger.

Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer, Theodore von Kármán was born 141 years ago today.

Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer was born on that same date in 1888.

Born May 11, 1918, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate Richard Feynman.

Antony Hewish, the English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 98 years ago today.

American explorer, author, and scholar, Gene Savoy was born 95 years ago today.

Born May 11, 1930, Dutch computer scientist and academic Edsger W. Dijkstra.

Listener Birthdays

12 – Amanda Huggenkiss

14 – JPCJ

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 11, 2022

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On This Day In History for May 4, 2022

This is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 241 days remaining in 2022.

It was on this date in 1493, that Pope Alexander VI divided the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation

That same date in 1626, Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrived in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw

Also on May 4, 1904, The United States began construction of the Panama Canal

Also today in 1953, Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea

Also on May 4, 1972, The Don’t Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changed its name to “Greenpeace Foundation”

The 108 -story Sears Tower in Chicago was topped out at 1,451 feet as the world’s tallest building on this date in 1973

It was also this date in 1998 that A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gave “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian instrument maker, inventor of the piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori, born on this date in 1655.

Jean-Charles de Borda, the French mathematician, physicist, and sailor was born 289 years ago today.

Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader was born on that same date in 1928.

Also born on that same date in 1953,  American actress and singer, Pia Zadora.

Also turning 66 today is American astronaut and engineer Michael L. Gernhardt.

Listener Birthdays

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  4, 2022

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On This Day In History for April 20, 2022

This is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 255 days remaining in 2022.

It was on this date in 1496, that After his return from the New World Christopher Columbus entered the court of his sponsors King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. For more than an hour, the sovereigns besieged the seaman with questions.

Also on April 20, 1534, Jacques Cartier began his first voyage to what is today the east coast of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Also today in 1535, The sun dog phenomenon was observed over Stockholm, as later depicted in the famous painting Vädersolstavlan

It was 160 years ago today, that Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard completed the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation

On April 20, 1865, Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrated the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX’s yacht, the L’Immaculata Concezion

Pierre and Marie Curie refined radium chloride on this date in 1902

Also today in 1972, Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, landed on the moon

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German-American mechanic and engineer, Heinrich Göbel, born on this date in 1818.

Born April 20, 1918, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Kai Siegbahn.

American nun and broadcaster, founded Eternal Word Television Network, Mother Angelica was born 99 years ago today.

Born April 20, 1923, American drummer and producer Tito Puente.

American actor, George Takei, born on this date in 1937.

Also born on that same date in 1964,  American actor, Crispin Glover.

Also turning 58 today is English actor and director Andy Serkis.

Listener Birthdays

21 – Kim and Kreg’s Anniversary

26 – Stewe Lundin – Sweden

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April  20, 2022

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On This Day In History for April 13, 2022

This is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 262 days remaining in 2022.

It was on this date in 1870, that The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded

April 13, 1953, CIA director Allen Dulles launched the mind-control program Project MKUltra

The United States launched Transit 1 -B, the world’s first satellite navigation system on this date in 1960

It was also this date in 1970 that An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module exploded, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed “Odyssey”) while en route to the Moon

On April 13, 1976, The United States Treasury Department reintroduced the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson’s 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English soldier, member of the Gunpowder Plot (probable; d. 1606), Guy Fawkes, born on this date in 1570.

Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States was born on that same date in 1743.

Cornish-English engineer and explorer, Richard Trevithick, born on this date in 1771.

Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse, Alexander Mitchell was born 242 years ago today.

Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, Irish astronomer was born on that same date in 1850.

American businessman, founded the F. W. Woolworth Company, Frank Winfield Woolworth was born 170 years ago today.

American criminal, Butch Cassidy, born on this date in 1866.

Born April 13, 1879, American type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and educator Oswald Bruce Cooper.

Scottish engineer, invented Radar, Robert Watson-Watt was born 130 years ago today.

Born April 13, 1899, American architect and game designer, created Scrabble, Alfred Mosher Butts.

American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co., Robert Orville Anderson, born on this date in 1917.

American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Michael Stuart Brown is 81 today.

Also born on that same date in 1949,  New Zealand-English mathematician and statistician, Len Cook.

American actor, Ron Perlman, born on this date in 1950.

Also turning 59 today is Russian chess player and author Garry Kasparov.

Listener Birthdays

14 – Danny Harnish

16 – Donna Tomasi

18 – Skaifey (Anthony)

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

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