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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

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“The tech that is prohibitively expensive now but will be cheap in the future is CRISPR (i.e. gene editing), and possibly quantum computing.  I can easily imagine the cost of gene editing to come down in the future because what kind of parents wouldn’t want to engineer their own babies?

Quantum computers OTOH is looking more like the flying car.  It’s something that sounds cool, costs way too much and has no reason to be developed for general consumers.

BTW, Googling for flying cars these days is interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZIpG7hFHEw“

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On This Day In History for April 21, 2021

This is the 111st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 254 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 753 BC, that Romulus founded Rome (traditional date)

The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardoned from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations on this date in 900

Also today in 1615, The Wignacourt Aqueduct was inaugurated in Malta

It was 59 years ago today, that The Seattle World’s Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opened. It was the first World’s Fair in the United States since World War II

The 1964 -1965 New York World’s Fair opened for its second and final season on this date in 1965

Also on April 21, 1972, Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke flew Apollo 16’s Apollo Lunar Module to the Moon’s surface, the fifth NASA Apollo Program crewed lunar landing.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Jean-Baptiste Biot, born on this date in 1774.

John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist and author was born on that same date in 1838.

Born April 21, 1882, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Percy Williams Bridgman.

Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Paul Karrer, born on this date in 1889.

Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms, Elizabeth II is 95 today.

Also turning 74 today is American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor Iggy Pop.

American actor and producer, Tony Danza is 70 today.

Also born on that same date in 1979,  Scottish actor, James McAvoy.

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 21, 2021

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On This Day In History for April 14, 2021

This is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 261 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1561, that A celestial phenomenon was reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle.

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth on this date in 1865; Lincoln lived till the following day.

Also on April 14, 1894, the first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City, United States, using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.

That same date in 1902, James Cash Penney opened his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

Also today in 1912, the British passenger liner RMS Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th)

94 years ago today, the first Volvo car premiered in Gothenburg, Sweden

That same date in 1928, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reached Greenly Island, Canada – the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west

Also today in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck was first published by the Viking Press

It was on this date in 1958, that the Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 fell from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours

On April 14, 1981, STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completed its first test flight

It was 18 years ago today, that The Human Genome Project was completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist was born on that same date in 1629.

Flemish cartographer and geographer, Abraham Ortelius, born on this date in 1527.

English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge, Cecil Chubb, born on this date in 1876.

Born April 14, 1882, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher Moritz Schlick.

Also born on that same date in 1932,  American singer-songwriter and musician, Loretta Lynn.

Armenian-Russian nuclear physicist, Yuri Oganessian, born on this date in 1933.

Also turning 79 today is Russian engineer and astronaut Valentin Lebedev.

Also born on that same date in 1950,  American physician and geneticist, Francis Collins.

American actor, Anthony Michael Hall, born on this date in 1968.

Also born on that same date in 1977,  American actress and producer, Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Listener Birthdays

7 – P.C. Haring

14 – Danny Harnish

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On This Day In History for March 31, 2021

This is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 275 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1889, that The Eiffel Tower was officially opened.

On March 31, 1918, Daylight saving time went into effect in the United States for the first time

It was 91 years ago today, that The Motion Picture Production Code was instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years

It was on this date in 1951, that Remington Rand delivered the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau

55 years ago today, The Soviet Union launched Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon

That same date in 1970, Explorer 1 re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere after 12 years in orbit

On March 31, 1998, Netscape released Mozilla source code under an open source license

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French mathematician and philosopher, René Descartes, born on this date in 1596.

Born March 31, 1730, French mathematician and theorist Étienne Bézout.

Dutch-American astronomer and academic, Adriaan van Maanen was born 137 years ago today.

Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, William Lawrence Bragg, born on this date in 1890.

Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Sin-Itiro Tomonaga was born 115 years ago today.

Also born on that same date in 1943,  American actor, Christopher Walken.

Also turning 76 today is American computer scientist and engineer, founder of Pixar, Edwin Catmull.

American soldier and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureate (and reported inventor of the Internet), Al Gore, born on this date in 1948.

Listener Birthdays

4 – Brian K

4 – Joel McLaughlin (aka Gorkon)

4 – Amy Bowen

5 – Chad Davis, Jon Issler (hsteckylf)

5 – Griffin Sylvester (Ildreancipher)

5 – Martine Tysmans – citytrips, travelling, jokes… (in Dutch)

5 – Ringmaster Greg from Dancing With Elephants

6 – Trevor Litecky (future Geek)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 31, 2021

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On This Day In History for March 24, 2021

This is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 282 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1721, that Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos

On March 24, 1882, Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis

It was on this date in 1900, that Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck broke ground for a new underground “Rapid Transit Railroad” that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn

It was 63 years ago today, that Rock ‘n’ roll teen idol Elvis Presley was drafted in the U.S. Army

It was on this date in 1965, that Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe were broadcast live on network television

Also today in 1993, Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

That same date in 1998, First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English carpenter and clock-maker, invented the Marine chronometer, John Harrison, born on this date in 1693.

Born March 24, 1820, French physicist and academic Edmond Becquerel.

American soldier, geologist, and explorer, John Wesley Powell was born 187 years ago today.

Joseph Stefan, the Austrian physicist, mathematician, and poet was born 186 years ago today.

Born March 24, 1874, Hungarian-Jewish American magician and actor Harry Houdini.

Peter Debye, the Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate was born 137 years ago today.

German astronomer and author, Walter Baade, born on this date in 1893.

American animator, director, and producer, co-created Mickey Mouse, Ub Iwerks was born 120 years ago today.

American criminal, Clyde Barrow, born on this date in 1909.

Born March 24, 1911, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera Joseph Barbera.

Norman Fell, American actor was born on that same date in 1924.

Steve McQueen, the American actor and producer was born 91 years ago today.

Also born on that same date in 1951,  American fashion designer, founded the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation, Tommy Hilfiger.

American actor and comedian, Louie Anderson, born on this date in 1953.

American businessman, Steve Ballmer is 65 today.

Also turning 61 today is German singer-songwriter and actress Nena.

Listener Birthdays

25 – Nicholas St Gabriel

26 – Chuck Tomasi

26 – Brina Baird in Hampton, VA

29 – Marc Blackburn 

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February  17, 2021

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On This Day In History for March 17, 2021

This is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 289 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1852, that Annibale De Gasparis discovered in Naples the asteroid Psyche from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte

Also today in 1941, In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art was officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

On March 17, 1947, First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.

Also today in 1950, Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announced the creation of element 98, which they name “californium”.

Also on March 17, 1958, The United States launched the first solar-powered satellite, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit.

On March 17, 1966, Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine found a missing American hydrogen bomb

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, Gottlieb Daimler, born on this date in 1834.

Charles F. Brush, the American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp was born 172 years ago today.

Born March 17, 1919, American singer, pianist, and television host Nat King Cole.

James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut was born on that same date in 1930.

English-American chemist and toxicologist, David Peakall was born 90 years ago today.

American admiral, pilot, and astronaut, Ken Mattingly is 85 today.

Also born on that same date in 1939,  English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe, Robin Knox-Johnston.

American actor, director, and producer, Patrick Duffy is 72 today.

American actor, director, and bass player, Gary Sinise, born on this date in 1955.

Also born on that same date in 1964,  American actor and producer, Rob Lowe.

Listener Birthdays

18 – Gregory Lemon @ GregoryLemon.com

19 – JT Shea of The Gigcast and JT Ukes at 40

19 – Michael R. Mennenga

21 – Krazy Joe Fiore, MegaPodTasticand Honey, You’ve *GOT* to See This!

23 – Steve Riekeberg a.k.a. MissingIntellect of Geek Cred

23 – Richard Parkman

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 17, 2021

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On This Day In History for March 10, 2021

This is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 296 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1876, that The first successful test of a telephone was made by Alexander Graham Bell.

130 years ago today, Almon Strowger patented the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.

It was on this date in 1977, that Astronomers discovered the rings of Uranus.

Also on March 10, 2000, The Dot-com bubble peaked with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.

On March 10, 2006, The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived on Mars.

The World Health Organization officially announces the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. on this date in 2020.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German-Dutch alchemist and chemist, Johann Rudolf Glauber, born on this date in 1604.

Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet’s Coffee & Tea was born on that same date in 1920.

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Val Logsdon Fitch, born on this date in 1923.

Also born on that same date in 1956,  English actor, producer, and screenwriter, Robert Llewellyn.

American actress and producer, Sharon Stone is 63 today.

Born March 10, 1961, American captain, physician, and astronaut Laurel Clark.

Listener Birthdays

7 – Ben Maddox a.k.a. CptRootbeer

7 – Caleb from Dancing With Elephants

8 – Ali Zein Yousuf a.k.a. superAL1394

8 – BJ Keifer a.k.a bjk

11 – Andy Helsby of Absoblogginlutely!

11 – Ken Kitzman a.k.a kitzken

13 – Johanna Gonzalez a.k.a. MightyJo

14 – Pi Day (3/14)

16 – Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns

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On This Day In History for February 24, 2021

This is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 310 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1854, that A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.

Also on February 24, 1863, Arizona was organized as a United States territory.

It was on this date in 1980, that The United States Olympic hockey team completed its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4 -2 to win the gold medal.

It was also this date in 2007 that Japan launched its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American admiral, Chester W. Nimitz, born on this date in 1885.

American actor, Abe Vigoda was born 100 years ago today.

James Farentino, American actor, was born on that same date in 1938.

Also turning 83 today is American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc Phil Knight.

American actor and director, Edward James Olmos is 74 today.

Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar was born on that same date in 1955.

Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Brian Schmidt, born on this date in 1967.

Listener Birthdays

25 – Norbert

25 – Sandi Sheppard (Mark’s lovely wife)

28 – Wayne “Your Ad Here” Pittenger – Bethlehem PA

29 – Paul Dove a.k.a Eilmer From Malmesbury UK

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February  17, 2021

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Scientists Clone Endangered Species – Black-Footed Ferret (popularmechanics.com)

Space station launch honors ‘Hidden Figures’ mathematician (msn.com)

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On This Day In History for February 17, 2021

This is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 317 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1863, that a group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.

It was 157 years ago today, that the H. L. Hunley became the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.

That same date in 1867, The first ship passed through the Suez Canal.

On February 17, 1933, Newsweek magazine was first published.

That same date in 1959, the first weather satellite was launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.

On February 17, 1965, the Ranger 8 probe launched on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the “Sea of Tranquility” would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

That same date in 1972, Cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceeded those of the Ford Model T.

On February 17, 1996, NASA’s Discovery Program began as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifted off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German astronomer and academic, Tobias Mayer, born on this date in 1723.

Swiss physicist and meteorologist, Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was born 281 years ago today.

Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer was born on that same date in 1754.

French physician invented the stethoscope, René Laennec was born 240 years ago today.

Aaron Montgomery Ward, the American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward was born 178 years ago today.

Jacqueline Ferrand, French mathematician was born on that same date in 1918.

American actor and director, Hal Holbrook, born on this date in 1925.

Also turning 59 today is American actor and director Lou Diamond Phillips.

American comedian and voice actor, Larry the Cable Guy is 58 today.

Also turning 50 today is American model and actress Denise Richards.

Also born on that same date in 1981,  American model, media personality, actress, singer, DJ, author and businesswoman, Paris Hilton.

Listener Birthdays

17 – Bob Trate of MegaPodTastic and Action Figure Junkies

18 – Hot John Miller of MegaPodTastic

18 – Ray Insalaco – Central Village, CT

19 – Scooter in Connecticut

19 – Steve in Sumter

19 – Steve Cody(Columbia, SC)

23 – Zhadum

23 – Keith Hughes(a.k.a. EdGizmo)

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On This Day In History for February 10, 2021

This is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 324 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1502, that Vasco da Gama set sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India..

It was also this date in 1906 that HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships was christened..

That same date in 1923, Texas Tech University was founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas.

81 years ago today, Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry made their debut with “Puss Gets the Boot”.

February 10, 1962, Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers was exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

Also on February 10, 1996, IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.

That same date in 2009, the communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collided in orbit, destroying both.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French physicist and engineer, Claude-Louis Navier, born on this date in 1785.

Irish astronomer and author, Agnes Mary Clerke was born 179 years ago today.

American chemist and academic, Ira Remsen, born on this date in 1846.

Edith Clarke, American electrical engineer was born on that same date in 1883.

Born February 10, 1893, American actor, singer, and pianist Jimmy Durante.

American actor, Lon Chaney Jr., born on this date in 1906.

Also born on that same date in 1930,  American actor and producer, Robert Wagner.

Also turning 84 today is American singer-songwriter and pianist Roberta Flack.

American media executive, Bob Iger, born on this date in 1951.

American television personality, pundit, and author, Jim Cramer is 66 today.

Also turning 64 today is American astrophysicist and academic Katherine Freese.

Also born on that same date in 1960,  American biologist, computer programmer, academic, Jim Kent.

American actress, director, and producer, Laura Dern, born on this date in 1967.

Also turning 53 today is American engineer and astronaut Garrett Reisman.

Listener Birthdays

10 – Drace (Shari from ND)

14 – Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities Podcast

14 – Andrew from Illinois

15 – Philip from Australia

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 10, 2021

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