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On This Day In History for August 11, 2021

This is the 223rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1858, that The Eiger in the Bernese Alps was ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren

87 years ago today, The first civilian prisoners arrived at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island

That same date in 1942, Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi

Also today in 1962, Vostok 3 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev became the first person to float in microgravity

It was also this date in 1969 that The Apollo 11 astronauts were released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.

It was 37 years ago today, while running for re-election, President Ronald Reagan while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio joked “We begin bombing in five minutes” 

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Hungarian engineer and chess player, Ottó Bláthy, born on this date in 1860.

Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer was born on that same date in 1885.

German astronomer and academic, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs was born 109 years ago today.

Alex Haley, American historian and author was born on that same date in 1921.

American businessman, founded International Data Group, Patrick Joseph McGovern was born 84 years ago today.

American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc., Steve Wozniak, born on this date in 1950.

French mathematician and academic, Pierre-Louis Lions is 65 today.

Also turning 64 today is Japanese technology entrepreneur and investor Masayoshi Son.

Also born on that same date in 1962,  English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software, Charles Cecil.

Also turning 38 today is Australian actor Chris Hemsworth.

Listener Birthdays

11 – Steve Wozniak

11 – David Brewer (Tyrion The Imp)

13 – Christine Fiore – co-host of MegaPodTastic and Honey, You’ve *GOT* to See This!

17 – Clive Jevons, Baeumenheim German, Kevin (SusietheGeek’s son and Geek in Training)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August  11, 2021

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On This Day In History for August 4, 2021

This is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 149 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1693, that Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon’s invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine

On August 4, 1821, The Saturday Evening Post was published for the first time as a weekly newspaper

It was on this date in 1892, that The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden were found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later

It was 14 years ago today, that NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft was launched

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician, William Rowan Hamilton, born on this date in 1805.

Louis Vuitton, the French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton was born 200 years ago today.

John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher was born on that same date in 1834.

American trumpet player and singer, Louis Armstrong was born 120 years ago today.

Born August 4, 1915, American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System Warren Avis.

Frances E. Allen, the American computer scientist and academic was born 89 years ago today.

American actor, Don S. Davis, born on this date in 1942.

Also turning 66 today is American actor, director, and screenwriter Billy Bob Thornton.

Also born on that same date in 1961,  American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate, Barack Obama.

Also turning 53 today is South Korean-American actor Daniel Dae Kim.

American actress and humanitarian, and member of British Royal Family, Meghan Markle is 40 today.

Listener Birthdays

4 – Clark & Diana (Awesome people and the kids of Gary from Jacksonville)

6 – Julie Tomasi

8 – Philippa Ballantine

9 – Matt Coe (WoWaddict) [1991]

9 – Julia Posz – (Technorama Promo)

10 – Sam Martin

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On This Day In History for June 30, 2021

This is the 181st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1886, that The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departed from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4

June 30, 1905, Albert Einstein sent the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduced special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik

It was also this date in 1906 that The United States Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act

On June 30, 1908, The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulted in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia

Also on June 30, 1937, The world’s first emergency telephone number, 999, was introduced in London

It was on this date in 1953, that The first Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan

Also on June 30, 1972, The first leap second was added to the UTC time system

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American actress, singer, and activist, Lena Horne, born on this date in 1917.

Born June 30, 1919, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon Ed Yost.

American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Paul Berg, born on this date in 1926.

American magician and author, Harry Blackstone Jr. was born 87 years ago today.

American lieutenant and oceanographer, Robert Ballard, born on this date in 1942.

Greek mathematician and academic, Athanassios S. Fokas is 69 today.

American computer scientist and programmer, Lynne Jolitz, born on this date in 1961.

American-Canadian astrophysicist and academic, Victoria Kaspi is 54 today.

Listener Birthdays

30 – Alexis Duran (ADdude)

4 – Mike McBride

6 – Peter (1982, Sweden)

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On This Day In History for June 23, 2021

This is the 174th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 191 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1810, that John Jacob Astor formed the Pacific Fur Company

It was also this date in 1860 that The United States Congress established the Government Printing Office

On June 23, 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the “Type-Writer”

Also today in 1894, The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin

That same date in 1926, The College Board administered the first SAT exam

On June 23, 1931, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane

June 23, 1960, The United States Food and Drug Administration declared Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world

It was on this date in 1969, that IBM announced that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry

That same date in 1994, NASA’s Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opened at Kennedy Space Center.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English mathematician and computer scientist, Alan Turing, born on this date in 1912.

Also turning 101 today is Kuwaiti astronomer Saleh Ajeery.

Born June 23, 1922, American lieutenant and physicist Morris R. Jeppson.

Donn F. Eisele, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut was born on that same date in 1930.

Baron Rees of Ludlow, English cosmologist and astrophysicist, Martin Rees, born on this date in 1942.

Also turning 68 today is Armenian physicist, politician and current President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian.

American director, producer, and screenwriter, Joss Whedon is 57 today.

Listener Birthdays

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

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

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 23, 2021

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On This Day In History for June 16, 2021

This is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 198 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1871, that The Universities Tests Act 1871 allowed students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology)

Also on June 16, 1884, The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson’s “Switchback Railway”, opened in New York’s Coney Island amusement park

That same date in 1903, Roald Amundsen left Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage

It was also this date in 1903 that The Ford Motor Company is incorporated

110 years ago today, IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York

It was 58 years ago today, as part of the Vostok 6 mission, Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space

That same date in 1972, The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada was inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station

It was also this date in 1977 that Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates

9 years ago today, China successfully launched its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.

June 16, 2012, The United States Air Force’s robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returned to Earth after a classified 469 -day orbital mission.

It was 5 years ago today, that Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opened to the public.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German mathematician and physicist, Julius Plücker, born on this date in 1801.

American tribal leader, Geronimo was born 192 years ago today.

Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer and author was born on that same date in 1840.

Russian physicist and mathematician, Alexander Friedmann, born on this date in 1888.

American mathematician and astronomer, Peter Stoner was born 133 years ago today.

Stan Laurel, the English actor and comedian was born 131 years ago today.

Irish computer scientist and entrepreneur; co-founded HP Autonomy, Michael Richard Lynch, born on this date in 1965.

American actor, John Cho is 49 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

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June  13, 2021

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On This Day In History for June 9, 2021

This is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 205 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1534, that Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Saint Lawrence River

On June 9, 1928, Charles Kingsford Smith completed the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross

The USS George Washington was launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine on this date in 1959

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German astronomer and academic, Johann Gottfried Galle, born on this date in 1812.

Pierre Duhem, the French physicist, mathematician, and historian was born 160 years ago today.

Born June 9, 1861, Russian-German chemist and physicist Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann.

Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter was born on that same date in 1891.

American guitarist and songwriter, Les Paul, born on this date in 1915.

Also born on that same date in 1937,  German hydro-biologist and academic, Harald Rosenthal.

American actor, Johnny Depp, born on this date in 1963.

Also born on that same date in 1981,  Israeli-American actress, Natalie Portman.

Listener Birthdays

10 – Tim (from Australia)

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

15 – Miss Eliza Sea from Wingin’ It 3D

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June  9, 2021

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On This Day In History for May 26, 2021

This is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 219 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 961, that King Otto I elected his 6 -year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom. He is crowned at Aachen, and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda.

Also on May 26, 1869, Boston University was chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Charles Dow published the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on this date in 1896

Also on May 26, 1897, Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, was published

94 years ago today, The last Ford Model T rolled off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.

Also on May 26, 1967, The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released.

It was also this date in 1969 that Apollo 10 returned to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing

It was on this date in 1970, that The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 became the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French-English mathematician and theorist, Abraham de Moivre, born on this date in 1667.

Born May 26, 1907, American actor, director, and producer John Wayne.

Peter Cushing, English actor, was born on that same date in 1913.

American actor, James Arness was born 98 years ago today.

Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader was born on that same date in 1926.

American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist, Jack Kevorkian was born 93 years ago today.

American singer-songwriter, Stevie Nicks is 73 today.

Also turning 72 today is American computer programmer, who developed the first wiki Ward Cunningham.

American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Hank Williams Jr. is 72 today.

Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science was born on that same date in 1951.

American astronomer and academic, Amanda Bauer is 42 today.

Listener Birthdays

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

1 – Selganor

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 26, 2021

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On This Day In History for May 19, 2021

This is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 226 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1743, that Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale

Also on May 19, 1961, Venera 1 became the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data)

59 years ago today, A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy took place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight was Marilyn Monroe’s rendition of “Happy Birthday”

May 19, 1971, Mars 2 was launched by the Soviet Union

On May 19, 1996, Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched on mission STS-77.

Also today in 2000, Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the International Space Station.

It was on this date in 2018, that The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was held at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American businessman and philanthropist, Johns Hopkins, born on this date in 1795.

John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist was born on that same date in 1857.

Born May 19, 1903, American scientist Ruth Ella Moore.

American minister and activist, Malcolm X, born on this date in 1925.

English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars, Colin Chapman was born 93 years ago today.

Dick Scobee, the American colonel, pilot, and astronaut was born 82 years ago today.

American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc., Gary Kildall, born on this date in 1942.

Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress, Grace Jones is 73 today.

American singer-songwriter and bass player, Dusty Hill, born on this date in 1949.

Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter was born on that same date in 1951.

Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java, James Gosling is 66 today.

Listener Birthdays

14 – JPCJ

22 – Tim Elliott

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

26 – Eli Yukelzon

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May  19, 2021

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On This Day In History for May 5, 2021

This is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1494, that Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Jamaica and claimed it for Spain.

Also today in 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread

Also on May 5, 1835, The first railway in continental Europe opened between Brussels and Mechelen

It was 130 years ago today, that The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) had its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor

It was on this date in 1925, that John T. Scopes was served an arrest warrant, as part of the Scopes Trial, for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act

That same date in 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight

It was 1 years ago today that The National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease and desist order to ABS-CBN to stop the operations of its free TV and radio stations one day after their 25 -year congressional franchise expired.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German geographer and academic, Ferdinand von Richthofen, born on this date in 1833.

Born May 5, 1883, American mathematician Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler.

Helen Redfield, the American geneticist was born 121 years ago today.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1921.

Born May 5, 1923, Canadian mathematician Cathleen Synge Morawetz.

English actor and screenwriter, Michael Palin, born on this date in 1943.

Also turning 77 today is Welsh actor and screenwriter John Rhys-Davies.

American screenwriter and producer, Josh Weinstein is 55 today.

English singer-songwriter, Adele, born on this date in 1988.

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  5, 2021

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On This Day In History for April 28, 2021

This is the 118th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 247 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1789, Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returned to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island as part of Mutiny on the Bounty

Also on April 28, 1923, Wembley Stadium was opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium

April 28, 1947, Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia

Also today in 1973, The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios went to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741 -week chart run

On April 28, 1986, The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea

April 28, 1986, High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster were detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French mathematician and academic, Sylvestre François Lacroix, born on this date in 1765.

Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist., Hertha Marks Ayrton was born 167 years ago today.

Born April 28, 1863, Russian engineer Nikolai von Meck.

American actor and director, Lionel Barrymore, born on this date in 1878.

Jan Oort, the Dutch astronomer and academic was born 121 years ago today.

Czech-German businessman, Oskar Schindler was born 113 years ago today.

Eugene Merle Shoemaker, the American geologist and astronomer was born 93 years ago today.

Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer, Ann-Margret, born on this date in 1941.

Born April 28, 1948, English journalist, author, and screenwriter Terry Pratchett.

Also turning 71 today is American comedian, talk show host, and producer Jay Leno.

Also born on that same date in 1952,  American actress, Mary McDonnell.

Listener Birthdays

29 – Shepherd Thom from outside of the known universe

29 – Timothy Karre

29 – Dhruv Gupta

30 – Julio Diaz (JulioTijuana)

3 – Keao Wright

3 – Leon

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 28, 2021

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