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On This Day In History for July 22, 2020

This is the 204th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 162 days remaining in 2020.

It was on this date in 1598, that William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice, is entered on the Stationers’ Register. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the Stationers’ Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material.

It was also this date in 1793 that Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.

It was on this date in 1933, that Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.

It was 58 years ago today, that the Mariner 1 spacecraft flew erratically several minutes after launch and had to be destroyed.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German-Russian physicist and academic, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, born on this date in 1711.

French mathematician and engineer, Gaspard de Prony was born 265 years ago today.

Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer was born on that same date in 1784.

German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, born on this date in 1887.

American mathematician, Geraldine Claudette Darden is 84 today.

Also turning 80 today is Canadian-American game show host and producer Alex Trebek.

Also born on that same date in 1941,  American singer-songwriter and producer, George Clinton.

Also turning 77 today is American singer-songwriter and actor Bobby Sherman.

English singer-songwriter and keyboard player, Rick Davies is 76 today.

Also turning 74 today is American actor, director, and producer Danny Glover.

American singer-songwriter and drummer, Don Henley, born on this date in 1947.

Also turning 65 today is American actor Willem Dafoe.

American singer-songwriter and producer, Keith Sweat is 59 today.

Also born on that same date in 1964,  American actor, producer, and screenwriter, David Spade.

Also turning 48 today is Canadian actor, director, and producer Colin Ferguson.

Also born on that same date in 1992,  American singer and actress, Selena Gomez.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 22, 2020

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On This Day In History for July 15, 2020

This is the 197th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 169 days remaining in 2020.

It was on this date in 1741, that Aleksei Chirikov sighted land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.

Also today in 1799, The Rosetta Stone was found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign.

July 15, 1806, United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.

Also today in 1910, In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer’s disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.

It was on this date in 1916, that In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporated Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).

66 years ago today, First flight of the Boeing 367 -80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.

It was 65 years ago that Eighteen Nobel laureates signed the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.

That same date in 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project featured the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.

July 15, 2003, AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.

It was also this date in 2006 that Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, was launched.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Austrian-German mathematician and theorist, Wilhelm Wirtinger, born on this date in 1865.

Jean-Baptiste Charcot, the French physician and explorer was born 153 years ago today.

Born July 15, 1906, English-German engineer Rudolf Uhlenhaut.

Robert Bruce Merrifield, the American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 99 years ago today.

American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate, Leon M. Lederman, born on this date in 1922.

Also turning 90 today is American mathematician and computer scientist Stephen Smale.

Also born on that same date in 1950, Greek-American journalist and publisher (The Huffington Post), Arianna Huffington.

Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist, Ashoke Sen, born on this date in 1956.

Listener Birthdays (July 15-21)

18 – Lord Doomicus

18 – Nikolai from Dancing With Elephants

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And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 15, 2020

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On This Day In History for July 8, 2020

This is the 190th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days remaining in 2020.

It was on this date in 1497, that Vasco da Gama set sail on the first direct European voyage to India.

July 8, 1853, The Perry Expedition arrived in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.

141 years ago today, Sailing ship USS Jeannette departed San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.

It was on this date in 1889, that The first issue of The Wall Street Journal was published.

Also today in 1932, The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.

73 years ago today, Reports were broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.

On July 8, 1948, The United States Air Force accepted its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).

July 8, 1960, Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.

Also on July 8, 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French mathematician and academic, Christian Kramp, born on this date in 1760.

Francis Leopold McClintock, the Irish admiral and explorer was born 201 years ago today.

Born July 8, 1830, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State Frederick W. Seward.

American chemist and pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola, John Pemberton was born 189 years ago today.

German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, born on this date in 1838.

American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company, Eli Lilly was born 182 years ago today.

John D. Rockefeller, the American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company was born 181 years ago today.

Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Pyotr Kapitsa, born on this date in 1894.

Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1895.

Born July 8, 1904, French mathematician and academic Henri Cartan.

Russian engineer and astronaut, Vitaly Sevastyanov was born 85 years ago today.

Also born on that same date in 1949,  Austrian-American chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur, Wolfgang Puck.

American actor and musician, Kevin Bacon, born on this date in 1958.

Listener Birthdays (July 8-14)

8 – Trampas Whiteman (aka Dragonhelm)

8 – Mark Lee (aka geekdad72) Stardate -351519.09

8 – Alan Ralph (a.k.a. MonTemplar)

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)

13 – Ben Ragunton of TGGeeks

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 8, 2020

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On This Day In History for June 24, 2020

This is the 176th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 190 days remaining in 2020.

It was on this date in 109, that Roman emperor Trajan inaugurated the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Rome.

June 24, 1374, A sudden outbreak of St. John’s Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.

Also today in 1497, John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.

June 24, 1604, Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

That same date in 1717, The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).

Also today in 1916, Mary Pickford became the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.

It was on this date in 1918, that First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.

It was 82 years ago today, that Pieces of a meteorite landed near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth’s atmosphere and exploded.

It was on this date in 1947, that Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.

On June 24, 1949, The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, aired on NBC.

That same date in 1981, The Humber Bridge opened to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world’s longest bridge span for 17 years.

On June 24, 2012, Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, born on this date in 1771.

American inventor, Thomas Blanchard was born 232 years ago today.

Born June 24, 1852, German bacteriologist and academic Friedrich Loeffler.

American mathematician and academic (g. 1960), Oswald Veblen is 140 today.

Victor Francis Hess, the Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 137 years ago today.

American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company, Roy O. Disney was born 127 years ago today.

Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and engineer was born on that same date in 1900.

William Penney, the Baron Penney, English mathematician and physicist was born 111 years ago today.

Argentinian physicist and academic, Ernesto Sabato, born on this date in 1911.

Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author was born on that same date in 1915.

Born June 24, 1917, English cryptanalyst and numismatist Joan Clarke.

Al Molinaro, the American actor was born 101 years ago today.

Born June 24, 1924, Scottish astronomer and academic Archie Roy.

Martin Lewis Perl, the American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate was born 93 years ago today.

Also turning 91 today is American astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker.

English-American drummer, Mick Fleetwood, born on this date in 1942.

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On This Day In History for June 10, 2020

This is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 204 days remaining in 2020.

It was on this date in 671, that Emperor Tenji of Japan introduced a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu.

85 years ago today, Dr. Robert Smith took his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.

June 10, 1944, In baseball, 15 -year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds became the youngest player ever in a major-league game.

On June 10, 1947, Saab produced its first automobile.

Also today in 2002, The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans was carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.

June 10, 2003, The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Persian mathematician and astronomer, Abu al-Wafa’ Buzjani, born on this date in 940.

Carl Gustaf Ekeberg, Swedish physician and explorer was born on that same date in 1716.

American entrepreneur, founded Dunkin’ Donuts, William Rosenberg, born on this date in 1916.

Also turning 99 today is Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip.

Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic was born on that same date in 1924.

American astrophysicist and academic, Eugene Parker is 93 today.

Also turning 91 today is American general, pilot, and astronaut James McDivitt.

French mathematician and academic, Pierre Cartier, born on this date in 1932.

Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist was born on that same date in 1940.

Also turning 55 today is German computer scientist and academic Susanne Albers.

Listener Birthdays (June 10-16)

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 June 10, 2020

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On This Day In History for May 27, 2020

This is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 218 days remaining in 2020.

It was on this date in 1927, that The Ford Motor Company ceased manufacture of the Ford Model T and began to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.

It was 90 years ago today that The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opened to the public.

Also today in 1933, The Walt Disney Company released the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”.

May 27, 1937, In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.

It was also this date in 1958 that First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American businessman and philanthropist, Cornelius Vanderbilt, born on this date in 1794.

Born May 27, 1857, German chemist Theodor Curtius.

William Stanier, English engineer was born on that same date in 1876.

English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, John Cockcroft, born on this date in 1897.

David Crosthwait, the American engineer, inventor and writer was born 122 years ago today.

American actor, Vincent Price was born 109 years ago today.

Born May 27, 1922, English actor Christopher Lee.

Also born on that same date in 1967,  American actor, Eddie McClintock.

Also turning 51 today is American computer scientist and engineer Craig Federighi.

Listener birthdays (May 27-June 2)

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

1 – Selganor

2 – Anthony Gartner (Enigmavb)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 27, 2020

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On This Day In History for May 20, 2020

This is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 225 days remaining in 2020.

* It was on this date in 1570, that Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issued Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.

* Also on May 20, 1609, Shakespeare’s sonnets were first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe..

* 158 years ago today, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law, opening 84 million acres of public land to settlers..

* Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. on this date in 1873.

* That same date in 1875, Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.

* On May 20, 1883, Krakatoa began to erupt; the volcano exploded three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.

* Also today in 1891, The first public display of Thomas Edison’s prototype kinetoscope.

* May 20, 1932, Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world’s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.

* 56 years ago today, Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.

* Also today in 1983, First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier.

* That same date in 2019, The International System of Units redefined the base units, making the international prototype of the kilogram obsolete.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express, William Fargo, born on this date in 1818.

* Born May 20, 1851, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record Emile Berliner.

* German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Eduard Buchner, born on this date in 1860.

* Born May 20, 1879, German chemist Hans Meerwein.

* English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B, R. J. Mitchell, born on this date in 1895.

* James Stewart, the American actor was born 112 years ago today.

* Born May 20, 1925, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 Alexei Tupolev.

* Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter was born on that same date in 1944.

* Also born on that same date in 1946,  American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress, Cher.

* Also turning 71 today is Canadian actor,

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On This Day In History for May 13, 2020

This is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 232 days remaining in 2020.

It was on this date in 1787, that Captain Arthur Phillip left Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the “First Fleet”) to establish a penal colony in Australia.

It was 159 years ago today, that The Great Comet of 1861 was discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.

It was also this date in 1880 that In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performed the first test of his electric railway.

On May 13, 1958, Ben Carlin became the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000 mi) by land during a ten-year journey.

It was on this date in 1995, that Alison Hargreaves, a 33 -year-old British mother, became the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist, Alexis Clairaut, born on this date in 1713.

Born May 13, 1857, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate Ronald Ross.

Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist was born on that same date in 1888.

Spanish mathematician, academic, and astronomer, Antonia Ferrín Moreiras was born 106 years ago today.

Born May 13, 1922, American actress and singer Bea Arthur.

Trevor Baylis, the English inventor, invented the wind-up radio was born 83 years ago today.

Ritchie Valens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on that same date in 1941.

American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer, Stevie Wonder is 70 today.

American electrical engineer, Ruth A. David, born on this date in 1953.

American comedian and talk show host, Stephen Colbert is 56 today.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 13, 2020

Listener Birthdays (May 13-22)

14 – JPCJ

22 – Tim Elliott

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On This Day In History for May 6, 2020

This is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining in 2020.

* It was on this date in 1835, that James Gordon Bennett, Sr. published the first issue of the New York Herald.

* 131 years ago today, The Eiffel Tower was officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

* The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people were killed on this date in 1937.

* That same date in 1940, John Steinbeck was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.

* Also today in 1941, The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

* That same date in 1941, At California’s March Field, Bob Hope performed his first USO show.

* Also on May 6, 1949, EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, ran its first operation..

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* French mathematician and academic, Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, born on this date in 1769.

* German engineer and author, Max Eyth was born 184 years ago today.

* Born May 6, 1848, English chemist and academic Henry Edward Armstrong.

* Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, born on this date in 1856.

* Born May 6, 1872, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Willem de Sitter.

* Júlio César de Mello e Souza, the Brazilian mathematician and author was born 125 years ago today.

* Born May 6, 1896, Swedish physicist and academic Rolf Maximilian Sievert.

* French mathematician and academic, André Weil, born on this date in 1906.

* Born May 6, 1915, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Orson Welles.

* American physicist and astronomer, Robert H. Dicke was born 104 years ago today.

* American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Bob Seger, born on this date in 1945.

* Also born on that same date in 1961,  American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, George Clooney.

Listener Birthdays May 6-12

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

* 6 – Bill Barbour

* 6 – Steve Bickle

* 8 – Curtis Parish

* 12 – Amanda Huggenkiss

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 6, 2020

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