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Coming up in this episode…

* Germany calls for ban on what?

* One man at Boeing thinks he can beat Elon Musk

* Batman sings

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* Jack – Data limits

* Jack – Lame Super Power

* Brad P – Lame Super Power

On This Day In History for October 12, 2016

This is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 80 days remaining in 2016.

* It was on this date in 1492 that Christopher Columbus’s expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached the Indies.

* 434 years ago today, Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

* It was 217 years ago today that Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse was the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute, from an altitude of 900 meters.

* November 12, 1823, Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat.

* 169 years ago today, German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG, the largest engineering company in Europe.

* The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools, as part of a celebration marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s voyage on this date in 1892.

* That same date in 1928 An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children’s Hospital, Boston.

* The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on this date in 1933.

* Also today in 1960, Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at United Nations General Assembly meeting to protest a Philippine assertion of Soviet Union colonial policy being conducted in Eastern Europe.

* It was 52 years ago today that The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits.

* The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the first of five books in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction series by Douglas Adams is published 37 years ago today.

* 22 years ago today, The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.

* October 12, 2005, The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* French pharmacist and entomologist Étienne Louis Geoffroy born on this date in 1725.

* Also born that same date in 1725 German chemist and pharmacist Christian Gmelin.

* Born October 12, 1860, American engineer and businessman, and co-invented the gyrocompass, Ember Ambrose Sperry.

* The creator of Gumby, Art Clokey was born today in 1921.

* Jean Nidetch, the co-founder of Weight Watchers was born that same date in 1923.

* The man who co-developed Simula, Norwegian computer scientist and academic, Ole-Johan Dahl was born on this date in 1931.

* Luciano Pavarotti, would have been 81 today.

* Notorious Venezuelan terrorist and murderer, Carlos the Jackal is 67.

* The man for which the movie “Behind Enemy Lines” was based, pilot Captain Scott O’Grady is 51.

* and finally Wolverine, Hugh Jackman is 48.

Listener Birthday Calendar

* 13 – Jason Schwanz

* 16 – TD0013 – Kevin O’Connor

* If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 12, 2016

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In this Episode:

* Lots of Feedback

* Lame Superpowers

* Zapp Brannigan for President

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* Voice mail voice mail voice mail

* Brad P – Voicemail transcription

* Brad P  – Buried products

* Fax

* Jack Jaffe – Unlimited data

* Brad P – Scanners

* Krazy Joe – DS9

* Fax

* Krazy Joe – John Edwards

On This Day In History for October 5, 2016

This is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days remaining in 2016.

* It was on this date in 1582 that Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

* The City of Anaheim, California is founded 159 years ago today.

* Also today in 1905, Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.

* In World War I, the first aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality on this date in 1914.

* The World Series of baseball is broadcast on the radio for the first time on this date in 1921.

* That same date in 1947, The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.

* Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California on this date in 1955.

* It was 54 years ago today that Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released.

* The Beatles’ first single, “Love Me Do” backed with “P.S. I Love You”, is released in the United Kingdom 54 years ago today.

* 47 years ago today, The first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus airs on BBC One.

* October 5, 1970, The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.

* Also today in 1982, Chicago Tylenol murders: Johnson & Johnson initiates a nationwide product recall in the United States for all products in its Tylenol brand after several bottles in Chicago are found to have been laced with cyanide, resulting in seven deaths.

* Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on this date in 1984.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to

* Czech mathematician and philosopher Bernard Bolzano, born on this date in 1781.

* Also born October 5, 1864 French director and producer, Louis Lumière.

* The father of liquid fueled rocketry, Robert H. Goddard was born today in 1882.

* Today is also the birthday of the man who started the McDonald’s restaurant chain, Ray Kroc.

* “Mr. Candid Camera”, Allen Ludden would have been 99 today.

* Cartoonist Bil Keane was born on this date in 1922.

* October 5, 1929 is also the birthday of Astronaut Richard F. Gordon.

* Another astronaut, Ukrainian Pavel Popovich is exactly one year younger.

* Sticking with the space theme, Neil deGrasse Tyson is 58.

* Another cosmologist, Sean M. Carroll is 50 today.

* and finally, English actress Kate Winslet is 41.

Listener birthdays

* 06 – John Deurholt (Jo Dho)

* 09 – Itsuko Rumpke (sounds like IT – SUE – KOE)

* 09 – Mario (New Jersey)

* 09 – Liisa Tomasi

* 10 – Victor Cajiao

* 10 – Garrett Riffal

* 10 – Rhett Hastings

* 11 – Bruce Barr

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And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 5, 2016

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Coming up in this episode…

* Bad robots

* Own your own NASA gold record

* Nathan Fillion on Firefly

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* Postcards from Jorge!

On This Day In History for September 28, 2016

This is the 272nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 94 days remaining in 2016.

* It was on this date in 1066 that William the Conqueror invades England beginning the Norman conquest of England.

* 474 years ago today, Navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, United States.

* The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval on this date in 1787.

* September 28, 1892, The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.

* Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash. He and pilot Lt. Lewis C. Rockwell are killed in the crash of an Army Wright Model B at College Park, Maryland on this date in 1912.

* September 28, 1924, First round-the-world flight completed.

* That same date in 1951, CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.

* All US Air Force Minuteman II ICBM’s plus certain bomber and tanker aircraft are taken off of standing alert by the US Secretary of Defense on this date in 1991.

* Also today in 2008, SpaceX launches the first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* French astronomer and mathematician Ismaël Bullialdus, born on this date in 1605.

* The man whose name is closely associated with the toilet, Thomas Crapper was also born today in 1836.

* Also born today in 1852, British astronomer and meteorologist, Isus Pogson.

* The founder of CBS was born today in 1901 – happy birthday to William S. Paley.

* The man with a “really big shoe”… TV host Ed Sullivan was born on this date in 1901.

* Born September 28, 1925, computer scientist and founder of the CRAY computer company, Seymour Cray.

* and finally singer-songwriter and producer, Ben E. King was born today in 1938.

Listener Birthday Calendar

* September

* 30 – Scott Reynolds

* October

* 01 – 10/1 = 101 & Stephen Wesche ( Saint Louis Missouri)

* 02 – Adam Rumpke

* If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 28, 2016

News

* The drought-busting balls that don’t bust drought

* Good NEWS! Introducing the Hamdog – The Crazy Hamburger-Hotdog Hybrid You Never Knew You Craved

Hacks & Strange Stories

* Hilarious Bootleg Toys That Are Obvious Knock Offs

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Coming up in this episode…

* Star Trek

* Star Trek

* Star Trek

* …and a little bit of DragonCon

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* BradP – Books

* BradP – Dinner with an author

* BradP – Proxy-Kreg

* BradP – White Line

* Tee Morris – Certifications

* Unknown – Late Fees

On This Day In History for September 14, 2016

This is the 258th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 108 days remaining in 2016.

* It was on this date in 1741 that George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.

* The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2) on this date in 1752.

* Also today in 1814, The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.

* September 14, 1917, Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.

* In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village on this date in 1954.

* That same date in 1958, The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.

* It was 57 years ago today that The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.

* 56 years ago today, The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.

* Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean on this date in 1984.

* That same date in 1985, Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.

* September 14, 1998, Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.

* That same date in 2000, Microsoft releases Windows ME.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* Danish geographer and cartographer Claudius Clavus, born on this date in 1388.

* Also born September 14, 1486 – German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa.

* Johann Kies, the German astronomer and mathematician was born today in 1713.

* German geographer and explorer Alexander von Humboldt was also born today in 1769.

* Our token Russian mathematician this week – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov was born September 14, 1891.

* TV’s original Lone Ranger, Clayton Moore was born 102 years ago.

* Astronomer, author, and designer of the Dobsonian telescope, John Dobson was born today in 1915.

* The founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association (or EAA), Paul Poberenzy would have been 95 today

* Born on this date in 1930 – Physicist and engineer, Eugene I Gordon.

* The man who designed the Shard and The New York Times Building, architect and engineer Renzo Piano is 81.

* and finally, the man you want to follow into the zombie apocalypse, English Actor Andrew Lincoln is 43.

Listener birthday calendar

* 01 – David Kloempken

* 02 – Scott Tyler

* 05 – Ben Vaughan (benvon) [1977]

* 06 – Susan Murph (SusietheGeek) How to Grow Your Geek Podcast

* 10 – Anthony Warnack (EastBayAnt) [1979]

* 14 – Andrew Peters (Perl Hacker from the UK)

* 18 – Jeff Schultz (Gorbash)

Despite the appearance of good judgement by the ones running the Podcasting Track at DragonCon, Clinton Alvord (Comedy4Cast) and ourselves were allowed back for Our Live show for 2016!

Thanks to all that came out and also those who run the DragonCon Podcasting Track. Also…special thanks to Clinton Alvord for making Chuck and I look like professionals, once again

Bonus…Just before the show, Chuck’s Battery Anxiety Disorder was kicking in and he felt compelled to rush out to get fresh batteries for his recorder even though they were at 80%! He ran out to looking for some leaving us all waiting to start the show. Kreg hacked his phone so we could see him running around on his journey. He met some interesting people.

Coming up in this episode…

* Self Driving Cars

* Nasa is Outsourcing more stuff

* Apologies all around

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* Dean Jensen

Hi guys,

My first introduction to Oregon Trail was on the MECC Teletype computer.  We would log in to MECC with a 300 baud acoustical coupler.  The computer would save your work to ticker tape.  Link: Google Images

Everything was a text prompt.  To hunt you had to type bang.  if you did not type fast enough, you missed.  And I laugh now at fast enough because it was over a 300 baud modem.

Here are a few links to the beginnings:

The Origin of the Oregon Trail Computer Game – Tested.com

This link was the closest I could find to the output code:

How the Oregon Trail (Computer Game) Was Formed

Oh how I wish I kept one of the printouts from then.  Maybe there is one in my old Apple IIc box.

On This Day In History for August 24, 2016

This is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 129 days remaining in 2016.

* It was on this date in 79 that Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash (note: this traditional date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24).

* The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, was written 1622 years ago today.

* The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed on this date in 1456.

* William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania 334 years ago today.

* 141 years ago today, Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim the English Channel.

* It was 125 years ago today that Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

* That same date in 1909, Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.

* Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey) 84 years ago today.

* August 24, 1967, Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.

* Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon 35 years ago today.

* It was 27 years ago today that Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.

* Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America on this date in 1995.

* That same date in 1998, First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom

* It was 10 years ago today that The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term “planet” such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* Danish horticulturalist and astronomer, Sophia Brahe born on this date in 1556.

* Also born on that same date in 1880, Joshua Lionel Cowen,

Coming up in this episode…

* Ageless Sharks

* Han Solo

* Personal Security

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* Voicemail

* Mike from Near Des moines

* Jack Jaffee

On This Day In History for August 17, 2016

August 17 is the 230th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 136 days remaining in 2016.

* It was on this date in 1585 that A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.

* August 17, 1771 – Edinburgh botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis in Scotland

* That same date in 1784, Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.

* Robert Fulton’s North River Steamboat leaves New York, New York, for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world 209 years ago today.

* It was 120 years ago today that Bridget Driscoll is run over by a Benz car in the grounds of The Crystal Palace, London, the UK’s first pedestrian motoring fatality.

* 109 years ago today, Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.

* Today in 1908, Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.

* It was 58 years ago today that Pioneer 0, America’s first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.

* Also today in 1970, Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).

* August 17, 1978, Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.

* It was 34 years ago today that The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.

* That same date in 2008, American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* French lawyer and mathematician Pierre de Fermat, born on this date in 1601

* Also born today in 1893 actress, playwright, and screenwriter, Mae West.

* The pilot flying the U2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union, Francis Gary Powers, was born today in 1929.

* Star Trek producer Harve Bennett was born on this date in 1930

* Also born today in 1933, actor Glenn Corbett, best known for his role as Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek The Original Series

* NASA flight director, Gene Kranz shares the exact same birthday.

* Actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer Robert De Niro is 73 today

* Co-founder of Oracle Corporation, Larry Ellison is 72.

* Singer-songwriter Belinda Carlisle is 58.

* Former Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh would have been 57 today.

* and finally, actor Sean Penn is 56.

Technorama birthday calendar…

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

* 17 – Melissa A. Bartell

* 18 – Nutty Nuchtchas

* 19 – Brian Litecky (blitecky)

* 19 – Frazer Cane

* 19 – Matt Rider (The Eagle Scout Geek )

* 20 – Jedi_Kez (aka Brian From Winnipeg)

* 22 – Zoidberg [1967]

* 22 – Kyle Slingo

* 22 – AlchemyDragon

Coming up in this episode…

* Italian students turn trash to cash

* Possible use for Chernobyl

* A new card game from an old computer game

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* VM: Jack Jaffe – Gear VR

On This Day In History for August 3, 2016

This is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining in 2016.

* It was on this date in 1492 that Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.

* That same date in 1527, The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John’s, Newfoundland.

* Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes on this date in 1678.

* Also today in 1852, Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event

* The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded 116 years ago today.

* Also today in 1936, Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.

* August 3, 1946, Santa Claus Land, the world’s first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.

* Also today in 1958, The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.

* It was 39 years ago today that The United States Senate begins its hearing on Project MKUltra.

* 39 years ago today, Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world’s first mass-produced personal computers.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company, Elisha Otis, born on this date in 1811

* Also born on that same date in 1900, John T. Scopes, American educator

* Born August 3, 1918 – Sidney Gottlieb the American chemist and theorist

* Author Leon Uris was born today in 1924

* Actor Tony Bennett turns 90 today

* Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut, Tony Bennett was born 1935

* Actor Martin Sheen is 76

* Martha Stewart is 75

* Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter John Landis is 66

* The actor who played Dennis the Menace in the 1950s TV show, Jay North is 65

* and the man who designed the games Super Smash Bros. and Kirby, Masahiro Sakurai is 46.

From the listener birthday calendar

* 03 – Johnee Bee

* 06 – Julie Tomasi

* 08 – Philippa Ballantine

* 09 – Matt Coe (WoWaddict) [1991]

* 09 – Julia Posz – (Technorama Promo)

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And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August 3, 2016

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* Chernobyl site

* Collection of 400 boomboxes for sale

Hacks & Strange Stories

* High school students turn trash into phone cases

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* The overhead electric car from the 1800s
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This is a repost. I mixed up the audio files and posted our Patreon Episode here and the regular show there. So…here is a repost of the regular show with the correct file.

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* What’s in the sky?

* Be free lobster!

* Another song from the Floppotron 2.0

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* Ben’s comments on the light bulb

Kreg was correct when he said that the location of the longest burning lightbulb was in a Firehouse, but the city was my hometown of Livermore, California!!!

Also, there have been periods where the light bulb was turned off because it had to be moved several times whenever a new firehouse was constructed (at least twice that I know of), but it also burns at a low level which also helps it to survive, and the filament inside the bulb was made of much sturdier stuff than what is used in bulbs today.

On This Day In History for July 20, 2016

This is the 202nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 164 days remaining in 2016.

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

* Also today in 1807, Nicéphore Niépce is 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.

* The Ford Motor Company ships its first car 113 years ago today.

* It was 76 years ago today that California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.

* Also today in 1960, The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.

* It was 48 years ago today that The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.

* 47 years ago today, Apollo 11’s crew successfully makes 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 (July 21 UTC).

* The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars on this date in 1976

* The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments 39 years ago today.

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

Happy birthday goes out on this date to

* Alexander the Great, born on this date in 365 BC

* Also born today in 1889, Scottish broadcaster and co-founder of the BBC, John Reith

* Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic, Julie Vinter Hansen, was born today in 1890

* Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, would have been 97 today

* The co-founder of Little Caesars, Mike Ilitch, is 87 today.

* Singer-songwriter Kim Carnes is 71

* Carlos Santana is 69

* Salesman Billy Mays would have been 58 today

* and one of our favorite screenwriters and producers, Roberto Orci is 43

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 20, 2016

* Listener Birthdays for July 20-26

20 – Brewer Dave G from Milwaukee

20 – Adam Raimer

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

25 – Matt Wallace

26 – Aaron Heath (Adelaide, Australia)

26 – Adam Christianson

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* What’s in the sky?

* Be free lobster!

* Another song from the Floppotron 2.0

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* Ben’s comments on the light bulb

Kreg was correct when he said that the location of the longest burning lightbulb was in a Firehouse, but the city was my hometown of Livermore, California!!!

Also, there have been periods where the light bulb was turned off because it had to be moved several times whenever a new firehouse was constructed (at least twice that I know of), but it also burns at a low level which also helps it to survive, and the filament inside the bulb was made of much sturdier stuff than what is used in bulbs today.

On This Day In History for July 20, 2016

This is the 202nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 164 days remaining in 2016.

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

* Also today in 1807, Nicéphore Niépce is 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.

* The Ford Motor Company ships its first car 113 years ago today.

* It was 76 years ago today that California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.

* Also today in 1960, The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.

* It was 48 years ago today that The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.

* 47 years ago today, Apollo 11’s crew successfully makes 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 (July 21 UTC).

* The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars on this date in 1976

* The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments 39 years ago today.

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

Happy birthday goes out on this date to

* Alexander the Great, born on this date in 365 BC

* Also born today in 1889, Scottish broadcaster and co-founder of the BBC, John Reith

* Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic, Julie Vinter Hansen, was born today in 1890

* Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, would have been 97 today

* The co-founder of Little Caesars, Mike Ilitch, is 87 today.

* Singer-songwriter Kim Carnes is 71

* Carlos Santana is 69

* Salesman Billy Mays would have been 58 today

* and one of our favorite screenwriters and producers, Roberto Orci is 43

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 20, 2016

* Listener Birthdays for July 20-26

20 – Brewer Dave G from Milwaukee

20 – Adam Raimer

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

25 – Matt Wallace

26 – Aaron Heath (Adelaide, Australia)

26 – Adam Christianson

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