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On This Day In History for February 3, 2021

This is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 331 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1690, that The colony of Massachusetts issued the first paper money in the Americas.

That same date in 1918, The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California  began service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.

It was also this date in 1959 that Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson was killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

On February 3, 1966, The Soviet Union’s Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon..

Also today in 1984, Space Shuttle mission STS-41 -B was launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.

Also on February 3, 1994, Space Shuttle mission STS-60 was launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle..

Also today in 1995, Astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English scientist, Gideon Mantell, born on this date in 1790.

Felix Mendelssohn, the German pianist, composer, and conductor was born 212 years ago today.

Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 was born on that same date in 1859.

American painter and illustrator, Norman Rockwell, born on this date in 1894.

Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster was born on that same date in 1904.

Also born on that same date in 1950,  American actress, Morgan Fairchild.

American mathematician, geneticist, and academic, Eric Lander is 64 today.

Also turning 51 today is English actor, producer, and screenwriter Warwick Davis.

Also born on that same date in 1984,  American fraudster, founder of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes.

Listener birthdays

3 – Euan Campbell McGregor – Scotland, UK

4 – Stewe Lundin

7 – Chad W. Smith from Chattanooga, TN

7 – Bryon the Big BS in PA, Williamsport PA

8 – Jan Scott from Yorkshire, UK

9 – Podcast Mike Willsfrom Minnesota

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On This Day In History for January 27, 2021

This is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 338 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1606, the trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot began, ending with their execution on January 31.

On January 27, 1785, The University of Georgia was founded, the first public university in the United States.

January 27, 1820, A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent.

Also today in 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his incandescent lamp.

January 27, 1939, was the first flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.

Also on January 27, 1951, nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site began with Operation Ranger.

On January 27, 1967, Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

It was on this date in 1967, that the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom signed the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.

January 27, 1983, was the breakthrough of the pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world’s longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German engineer and architect, designed Würzburg Residence and Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Johann Balthasar Neumann, born on this date in 1687.

Born January 27, 1756, Austrian pianist and composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Eli Whitney Blake, the American engineer, invented the Mortise lock was born 226 years ago today.

Born January 27, 1814, French architect, designed the Lausanne Cathedral Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.

Dutch physicist and academic, Balthasar van der Pol was born 132 years ago today.

Francis Rogallo, American engineer, invented the Rogallo wing was born on that same date in 1912.

Born January 27, 1919, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks Ross Bagdasarian, Sr..

American actress, Donna Reed was born 100 years ago today.

Also turning 85 today is American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Samuel C. C. Ting.

American actor, James Cromwell, born on this date in 1940.

New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist, Beatrice Tinsley was born 80 years ago today.

Listener Birthdays

27 – Mark in Memphis

27 – Chip Burkhead from The Scotchcast

29 – Sarah P. from NJ… who was born in OK, moved to VA, married Brad P, moved to NJ, and is now back in VA

1 – Matt Baum aka Racer X, Pittsburgh PA

1 – Brandon Kirkwold, MN

2 – Gary Lindros – aka Gary from Jacksonville – Groundhog’s Day Rules!!!

2 – Chuck Provenzano aka podlurker aka Chuck’s evil twin

2 – Oreo Cookie Monster

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On This Day In History for January 20, 2021

This is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 345 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1887, that The United States Senate allowed the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.

That same date in 1929, The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, was released.

Also on January 20, 1986, In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer, Sebastian Münster, born on this date in 1488.

Rafael Bombelli, Italian mathematician was born on that same date in 1526.

German astronomer and academic, Simon Marius was born 448 years ago today.

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and numismatist was born on that same date in 1716.

French physicist and mathematician, André-Marie Ampère, born on this date in 1775.

Born January 20, 1888, American folk/blues musician and songwriter Lead Belly.

American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company, Allan Haines Loughead, born on this date in 1889.

Harold Gray, the American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie was born 127 years ago today.

Greek shipping magnate, Aristotle Onassis, born on this date in 1906.

Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist was born on that same date in 1918.

American actor, DeForest Kelley was born 101 years ago today.

American actress, Patricia Neal, born on this date in 1926.

Arte Johnson, American actor and comedian was born on that same date in 1929.

Also turning 91 today is American colonel, pilot, and astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Also born on that same date in 1931,  American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, David Lee.

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Paul Stanley is 69 today.

Also turning 65 today is American comedian, political commentator, media critic, television host, and producer Bill Maher.

Also born on that same date in 1960,  American video game designer, co-founded Maxis, Will Wright.

American computer hacker and activist, co-founded MindVox, Patrick K. Kroupa is 52 today.

Indian computer engineer, Ruchi Sanghvi, born on this date in 1982.

Listener Birthdays

21 – Michael Rabalais

22 – TAW012294

23 – Kathie Luke, IL

23 – Chris Moody from PodioMedia Chat

23 – Keith Lane from TGGeeks

24 – Cynthia Fry

25 – Kreg Steppe

26 – Will The Computer Guy

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 20, 2021

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On This Day In History for January 13, 2021

This is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1888, that The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.

On January 13, 1910, The first public radio broadcast took place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci were sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

Henry Ford patented a plastic automobile, which was 30% lighter than a regular car on this date in 1942.

On January 13, 1968, Johnny Cash performed live at Folsom State Prison.

It was also this date in 1978 that the United States Food and Drug Administration required all blood donations to be labeled “paid” or “volunteer” donors.

It was 28 years ago today that Space Shuttle Endeavour headed for space for the third time as STS-54 launched from the Kennedy Space Center.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French astronomer and academic, Félix Tisserand, born on this date in 1845.

Born January 13, 1864, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wilhelm Wien.

Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company was born on that same date in 1885.

Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle, Karl Menger was born 119 years ago today.

Robert Stack, the American actor was born 102 years ago today.

Born January 13, 1926, English soldier and author, created Paddington Bear Michael Bond.

Charles Nelson Reilly, the American actor, comedian, director, game show panelist, and television personality was born 90 years ago today.

Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian was born on that same date in 1935.

Indian commander, pilot, and astronaut, Rakesh Sharma, born on this date in 1949.

Also turning 61 today is American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate Eric Betzig.

Also born on that same date in 1961,  American actress, comedian, and producer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Listener birthdays

14 – Glynne Tolar

15 – Ralph Whitfield (aka GoofyRalph)

17 – fuffy_frog (aka Kristina) originally from Canada but now from Thailand

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On This Day In History for January 6, 2021

This is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1838, that Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrated a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code)..

Also on January 6, 1847, Samuel Colt obtained his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government..

Also today in 1912, German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presented his theory of continental drift..

It was also this date in 1930 that The first diesel-powered automobile trip was completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York..

74 years ago today, Pan American Airlines became the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.

It was 47 years ago today, that In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commenced nearly four months early in the United States.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French martyr and saint, Joan of Arc, born on this date in 1412.

Born January 6, 1561, Danish mathematician and physicist Thomas Fincke.

French chemist and academic, Anselme Payen was born 226 years ago today.

Born January 6, 1807, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist Joseph Petzval.

American cowboy and actor, Tom Mix was born 141 years ago today.

Danny Thomas, the American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian was born 109 years ago today.

Born January 6, 1920, Korean religious leader; founder of the Unification Church Sun Myung Moon.

Earl Scruggs, the American banjo player was born 97 years ago today.

American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company, John DeLorean, born on this date in 1925.

American actor, Vic Tayback was born 91 years ag today.

Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, the Russian engineer and astronaut was born 88 years ago today.

Born January 6, 1944, American actress and singer Bonnie Franklin.

Also turning 77 today is Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Rolf M. Zinkernagel.

Also born on that same date in 1948,  American colonel and astronaut, Guy Gardner.

British-American astrophysicist and astronaut, Michael Foale, born on this date in 1957.

Born January 6, 1968, American director, producer, and screenwriter John Singleton.

Listener Birthdays

3 – Thomas Gideon (The Command Line Podcast)

6 – Steve Therrien (Canada)

8 – Elvis!

9 – Lingo from the Brit & Yankee pubcast

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 6, 2021.

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On This Day In History for December 16, 2020

This is the 351st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 15 days remaining in 2020.

* It was on this date in 1843, that The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.

* That same date in 1907, The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

* 83 years ago today, Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempted to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.

* Also on December 16, 1947, William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain built the first practical point-contact transistor.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* English novelist, Jane Austen, born on this date in 1775.

* Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher was born on that same date in 1776.

* Viktor Bunyakovsky, the Russian mathematician and academic was born 216 years ago today.

* George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet was born on that same date in 1863.

* Bertha Lamme Feicht, the American electrical engineer was born 151 years ago today.

* Born December 16, 1882, German physicist and engineer Walther Meissner.

* Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer was born on that same date in 1917.

* Born December 16, 1928, American philosopher and author Philip K. Dick.

* American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Billy Gibbons, born on this date in 1949.

* Also turning 51 today is American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate Adam Riess.

* American computer scientist and academic, Jen Golbeck is 44 today.

* American actress, musician, and model, Krysten Ritter, born on this date in 1981.

Listener Birthdays

* 17 – Jorge Schrauwen

* 20 – Phil Burchill the 9 year old I started listening to Technorama with turned 21 this year (2017)!

* 21 – James Ballard KarakSindru

* 22 – Bo Pace

* 22 – Luke “Chuck’s Stalker” Smith (2000)

* 22 – Jason Pelloni, Tampa, FL

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On This Day In History for December 9, 2020

This is the 344th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining in 2020.

It was on this date in 1793, that New York City’s first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, was established by Noah Webster.

It was also this date in 1868 that The first traffic lights were installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

That same date in 1950,Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

December 9, 1953, General Electric announced that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.

58 years ago today, The Petrified Forest National Park was established in Arizona.

Also today in 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas, first in a series of Peanuts television specials, debuted on CBS.

It was also this date in 1968 that Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as “The Mother of All Demos”, publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).

Also today in 1979, The eradication of the smallpox virus was certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (rinderpest in 2011 being the other).

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Dutch mathematician and cartographer, Gemma Frisius, born on this date in 1508.

Dutch mathematician and astronomer, Metius was born 449 years ago today.

Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Fritz Haber, born on this date in 1868.

Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic was born on that same date in 1883.

German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates, Joseph Pilates, born on this date in 1883.

Clarence Birdseye, the American businessman, founded Birds Eye was born 134 years ago today.

American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL, Grace Hopper, born on this date in 1906.

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, James Rainwater was born 103 years ago today.

American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, William Lipscomb, born on this date in 1919.

American actor, Redd Foxx was born 98 years ago today.

Born December 9, 1928, American actor Dick Van Patten.

English actress, Judi Dench is 86 today.

American actor and voice artist, Michael Dorn, born on this date in 1952.

Also born on that same date in 1953,  American actor and producer, John Malkovich.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 9, 2020

Listener Birthdays

9 – Steve Kite (BigUnit62)

12 – Deckrd

12 – Kevin Burns (Soleblaze)

12 – Matt Blocker TheGiant

12 – Rob Riehl (suriehl)

12 – Pamela Gay from AstronomyCast

14 – Michael Spence from Brother Osric’s Scriptorium

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On This Day In History for December 2, 2020

This is the 337th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 29 days remaining in 2020.

It was on this date in 1927, that Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveiled the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

On December 2, 1939, New York City’s LaGuardia Airport opened.

Also on December 2, 1942, during the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiated the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

38 years ago today, at the University of Utah, Barney Clark became the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.

That same date in 1993, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-61, to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus, Charles Edward Ringling, born on this date in 1863.

Peter Carl Goldmark, the Hungarian-American engineer was born 114 years ago today.

Listener Birthdays

2 – Ben Fryxell from the MacMania Podcast

6 – SuperMoonMan

7 – Peter aka Zzippster from the Zzipp and Co. Podcast, Weymouth, Dorset, UK

8 – DanDman

8 – Gydian (Michael H.)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 2, 2020

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On This Day In History for November 25, 2020

This is the 330th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining in 2020.

It was on this date in 1915, that Albert Einstein presented the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

36 years ago today, Thirty-six top musicians gathered in a Notting Hill studio and recorded Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French astronomer and botanist, Jean-François Séguier, born on this date in 1703.

Julius Robert von Mayer, the German physician and physicist was born 206 years ago today.

Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic was born on that same date in 1841.

Also born on that same date in 1944,  American actor, television personality, game show host, lawyer, and author, Ben Stein.

Also turning 73 today is American actor John Larroquette.

Also born on that same date in 1960,  American singer-songwriter, Amy Grant.

Born November 25, 1960, American lawyer, journalist, and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr.

Listener Birthdays

25 – Lane Williams

26 – Joanie

27 – Brad P. from NJ (but who was born in VA, and has moved back there…)

28 – Ben Sweetser

1 – Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 25, 2020

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On This Day In History for November 4, 2020

This is the 309th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 57 days remaining in 2020.

It was on this date in 1783, that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 was performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.

Also today in 1847, Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.

It was on this date in 1890, that the City and South London Railway: London’s first deep-level tube railway opened between King William Street and Stockwell.

98 years ago today, In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men found the entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

It was also this date in 1952 that The United States government established the National Security Agency, or NSA.

November 4, 1962, The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Also today in 1973, The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French mathematician and engineer, Pierre-Simon Girard, born on this date in 1765.

Irish engineer, who invented the tractor, Harry Ferguson was born 136 years ago today.

Born November 4, 1904, Polish engineer, technician, and academic Tadeusz Żyliński.

Joseph Rotblat, the Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 112 years ago today.

Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie was born on that same date in 1916.

Walter Cronkite, the American journalist, voice actor, and producer was born 104 years ago today.

Art Carney, American actor, was born on that same date in 1918.

American scientist and engineer, Mary Sherman Morgan was born 99 years ago today.

Charles K. Kao, the Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate was born 87 years ago today.

Also born on that same date in 1937,  American actress and singer, Loretta Swit.

American actor, Ralph Macchio is 59 today.

Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist was born on that same date in 1983.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 4, 2020

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