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On This Day In History for September 27, 2023

This is the 270th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 95 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1822, that Jean-François Champollion officially informed the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres in France that he had deciphered the Rosetta Stone.

198 years ago today, The world’s first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, was ceremonially opened.

That same date in 1908, Production of the Model T automobile began at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit

It was 85 years ago today, that The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth was launched in Glasgow

On September 27, 1941, The SS Patrick Henry was launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships

Also on September 27, 1956, USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt became the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed

The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 made its maiden flight on this date in 1964

That same date in 1998, The Google internet search engine retroactively claimed this date as its birthday

Also on September 27, 2003, The SMART-1 satellite was launched.

16 years ago today, NASA launched the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German mathematician and epigrammatist, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, born on this date in 1719.

French mathematician and academic, Gaston Tarry was born 180 years ago today.

Hans Hahn, the Austrian mathematician and philosopher was born 144 years ago today.

American magician Harry Blackstone, Sr. was born 138 years ago today.

English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize laureate, Martin Ryle, born on this date in 1918.

James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician and computer scientist was born on that same date in 1919.

Austrian-American physicist and academic, Fred Singer, born on this date in 1924.

Also turning 91 today is American geophysicist Marcia Neugebauer.

Greg Morris, the American actor, was born 90 years ago today.

Danish-English physicist and neuroscientist, Rodney Cotterill, born on this date in 1933.

Wilford Brimley, the American actor was born 89 years ago today.

Born September 27, 1947, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor Meat Loaf.

Also turning 71 today is Romanian pilot, engineer and cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu.

American computer programmer and author, Larry Wall, born on this date in 1954.

Also turning 59 today is American computer scientist and academic Tracy Camp.

American engineer and astronaut, Stephanie Wilson, born on this date in 1966.

American video game designer and dancer, Matt Harding is 47 today.

Listener Birthdays

Sep 26 – Brett (from Wales)

Oct 1 – 10/1 = 101 & Stephen Wesche (From Saint Louis Missouri) (Pronounced Like the first part of the word “Wet” and the word “She”)

Oct 2 – Adam Rumpke

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 27, 2023

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On This Day In History for September 20, 2023

This is the 263rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 102 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1519, that Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition which ultimately culminated in the first circumnavigation of the globe

Also on September 20, 1893, Charles Duryea and his brother road-tested the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile

It was on this date in 1946, that The first Cannes Film Festival was held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War II.

It was 56 years ago today that The Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth 2 was launched in Clydebank, Scotland.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian missionary, cartographer and historian, Martino Martini, born on this date in 1614.

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, the Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer was born 245 years ago today.

American inventor, Frederick Ellsworth Sickels was born 204 years ago today.

Scottish-English chemist and physicist, James Dewar, born on this date in 1842.

American inventor and chemist, Carleton Ellis was born 147 years ago today.

Born September 20, 1906, Russian mathematician Vera Faddeeva.

Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions was born on that same date in 1920.

American mathematician and philosopher, Richard Montague, born on this date in 1930.

Italian actress Sophia Loren is 89 today.

American novelist and short story writer, George R. R. Martin, born on this date in 1948.

Also born on that same date in 1954,  American businessman, co-founded Broadcom Corporation, Henry Samueli.

Listener Birthdays

20 – Joel Harper (Rincewind) / Milwaukee WI

20 – Joel Rickenbach [deceased] (host of the You’ve Got Geek Podcast)

21 – Dean Jensen (Beaker1)

22 – Matthew Tjarks (Jharks)

26 – Brett (from Wales)

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On This Day In History for September 13, 2023

This is the 256th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 109 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 509 BC, that The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome’s Capitoline Hill was dedicated on the ides of September

That same date in 1609, Henry Hudson reached the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River

It was 209 years ago today, that In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British failed to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composed his poem “Defence of Fort McHenry”, which is later set to music and became the United States’ national anthem

That same date in 1848, Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survived an iron rod 1.24 inches (3.2 cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions

It was also this date in 1898 that Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film

Henry Bliss was the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident on this date in 1899

Also today in 1906, The Santos-Dumont 14 -bis made a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe

The IBM 305 RAMAC was introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage on this date in 1956

On September 13, 1977, General Motors introduced Diesel engine, with Oldsmobile Diesel engine, in the Delta 88, Oldsmobile 98, and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser models amongst others.

It was 38 years ago today, that Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan for the NES, which started the Super Mario series of platforming games

That same date in 2001, Civilian aircraft traffic resumed in the United States after the September 11 attacks

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American inventor, engineer and businessman, Oliver Evans, born on this date in 1755.

Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company was born on that same date in 1857.

Jesse L. Lasky, the American film producer, co-founded Famous Players-Lasky was born 143 years ago today.

Austrian-German mathematician and academic, Wilhelm Blaschke, born on this date in 1885.

Robert Robinson, the English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 137 years ago today.

American singer-songwriter and conductor, Ray Charles, born on this date in 1918.

Also turning 86 today is American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios, Don Bluth.

Born September 13, 1939, American actor and voice artist Richard Kiel.

Also turning 79 today is American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer Peter Cetera.

Listener Birthdays

14 – Andrew Peters (Perl Hacker from the UK)

18 – Jeff Schultz (Gorbash)

20 – Joel Harper (Rincewind) / Milwaukee WI

20 – Joel Rickenbach [deceased] (host of the You’ve Got Geek Podcast)

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On This Day In History for August 30, 2023

This is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 123 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1873, that Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discovered the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea

Also today in 1909, Burgess Shale fossils were discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott

August 30, 1916, Ernest Shackleton completed the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica

Also on August 30, 1984, the Space Shuttle Discovery took off on its maiden voyage on mission STS-41-D.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English novelist and playwright, Mary Shelley, born on this date in 1797.

Dutch chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff was born 171 years ago today.

Carl David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist was born on that same date in 1856.

Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, Theodor Svedberg, born on this date in 1884.

Austrian mathematician, Olga Taussky-Todd was born 117 years ago today.

John Mauchly, American physicist and co-founder of the first computer company was born on that same date in 1907.

American pilot and astronaut, Jack Swigert, born on this date in 1931.

Also born on that same date in 1956,  American actor, producer, and screenwriter,TV’s Frank Conniff.

Listener Birthdays

August

30 – Maximilian Björsten, Stockholm Sweden

31 – Tim Downing

September

1 – David Kloempken

2 – Scott Tyler

5 – Ben Vaughan (benvon) [1977]

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On This Day In History for August 9, 2023

This is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 144 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1173, that Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) began; it would take two centuries to complete

Also on August 9, 1892, Thomas Edison received a patent for a two-way telegraph

That same date in 1936, Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the games in the Summer Olympics

Mars 7 was launched from the USSR on this date in 1973

It was on this date in 1974, that As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon became the first President of the United States to resign from office. Vice President Gerald Ford became president.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian mathematician and astronomer, Francesco Barozzi, born on this date in 1537.

Born August 9, 1776, Italian physicist and chemist Amedeo Avogadro.

Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer and academic was born on that same date in 1861.

Erich Hückel, the German physicist and chemist was born 127 years ago today.

William Alfred Fowler, American astronomer and astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate was born on that same date in 1911.

Australian astronomer and engineer, Wilbur Norman Christiansen, born on this date in 1913.

Mareta West, the American astronomer and geologist was born 108 years ago today.

Born August 9, 1925, American computer scientist, developed Huffman coding David A. Huffman.

American mathematician and academic, Linda Keen is 83 today.

Also turning 79 today is American actor and producer Sam Elliott.

American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress, Whitney Houston was born 60 years ago today.

American-British actress, activist and writer, Gillian Anderson is 55 today.

Listener Birthdays

9 – Matt Coe (WoWaddict) [1991]

9 – Julia Posz – (Technorama Promo)

10 – Sam Martin

11 – Steve Wozniak

11 – David Brewer (Tyrion The Imp)

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

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August  9, 2023

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On This Day In History for August 2, 2023

This is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 151 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1610, that During Henry Hudson’s search for the Northwest Passage, he sailed into what is now known as Hudson Bay

On August 2, 1790, The first United States Census was conducted

August 2, 1870, Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opened in London, England, United Kingdom

Also today in 1873, The Clay Street Hill Railroad began operating the first cable car in San Francisco’s famous cable car system

It was on this date in 1932, that The positron (antiparticle of the electron) was discovered by Carl D. Anderson

Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard wrote a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon on this date in 1939

It was 41 years ago today that The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system of Finland, was opened to the general public.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Swiss paleontologist and scholar, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, born on this date in 1672.

Born August 2, 1754, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. Pierre Charles L’Enfant.

Elisha Gray, American businessman, co-founded Western Electric was born on that same date in 1835.

Indian chemist and academic, Prafulla Chandra Ray was born 162 years ago today.

Born August 2, 1892, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner.

Also born on that same date in 1902,  American mathematician (d.1997), Mina Rees.

Born August 2, 1924, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Carroll O’Connor.

Ceylon-American engineer and academic, K. Arulanandan, born on this date in 1925.

British-Irish actor and producer, Peter O’Toole was born 91 years ago today.

Born August 2, 1934, Russian general and cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky.

Also born on that same date in 1949,  Hungarian general and cosmonaut, Bertalan Farkas.

Also turning 70 today is American actor Butch Patrick.

Listener Birthdays

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

6 – Fritz The German

6 – Julie Tomasi

8 – Philippa Ballantine

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August  2, 2023

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On This Day In History for July 19, 2023

This is the 200th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 165 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1843, that Brunel’s steamship the SS Great Britain was launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world

Also today in 1934, The rigid airship USS Macon surprised the USS Houston near Clipperton Island with a mail delivery for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, demonstrating its potential for tracking ships at sea.

It was also this date in 1952 that saw the opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Also today in 1963, Joe Walker flew a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention

On July 19, 1977, The world’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).

July 19, 1983, The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT was published

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American businessman, founded the Colt’s Manufacturing Company, Samuel Colt, born on this date in 1814.

American astronomer and physicist, Edward Charles Pickering was born 177 years ago today.

English astronomer, Fiammetta Wilson, born on this date in 1864.

Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic was born on that same date in 1865.

American physicist and inventor of the microwave oven, Percy Spencer was born 129 years ago today.

Also turning 94 today is Austrian engineer and businessman, co-founded Glock Ges.m.b.H Gaston Glock.

Indian astrophysicist and astronomer, Jayant Narlikar is 85 today.

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and astrophysicist, Brian May, born on this date in 1947.

Mark Crispin, American computer scientist, designed the IMAP was born on that same date in 1956.

Also turning 41 today is American actor Jared Padalecki.

Listener Birthdays

23 – John Miller Jr. – Lancaster SC

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

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July  19, 2023

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On This Day In History for July 12, 2023

This is the 193rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1493, that Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, was published

That same date in 1776, Captain James Cook began his third voyage

It was on this date in 1962, that The Rolling Stones performed for the first time at London’s Marquee Club

28 years ago today, Chinese seismologists successfully predicted the 1995 Myanmar-China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11.

It was 22 years ago today that Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American essayist, poet, and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, born on this date in 1817.

George Eastman, the American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak was born 169 years ago today.

Born July 12, 1863, German physicist and academic Paul Drude.

Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Louis B. Mayer, born on this date in 1884.

American director, producer, and songwriter, Oscar Hammerstein II was born 128 years ago today.

American comedian and actor, Milton Berle, born on this date in 1908.

James E. Gunn, the American science fiction author was born 100 years ago today.

American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200, Victor Poor, born on this date in 1933.

Born July 12, 1943, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player Christine McVie.

Also turning 75 today is American fitness trainer and actor Richard Simmons.

Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the Galaksija computer, Voja Antonić, born on this date in 1952.

Rick Husband, the American colonel, pilot, and astronaut was born 66 years ago today.

Listener Birthdays

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

18 – Lord Doomicus

18 – Nikolai from Dancing With Elephants

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July  12, 2023

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On This Day In History for July 5, 2023

This is the 186th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1687, that Isaac Newton published Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Also on July 5, 1865, The United States Secret Service began operation.

It was 86 years ago today, that Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation

Also on July 5, 1946, Micheline Bernardini modeled the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris

That same date in 1954, Elvis Presley recorded his first single, “That’s All Right”, at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee

It was on this date in 1954, that The BBC broadcast its first daily television news bulletin.

It was 29 years ago today that Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.

It was also this date in 1996 that Dolly the sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult cell

That same date in 2012, The Shard in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 meters (1,020 ft)

It was also this date in 2016 that The Juno space probe arrived at Jupiter and begins a 20 -month survey of the planet

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, P. T. Barnum, born on this date in 1810.

Scottish physicist, mathematician, and engineer, William John Macquorn Rankine was born 203 years ago today.

Born July 5, 1867, American astronomer A. E. Douglass.

Louise Freeland Jenkins, the American astronomer and academic was born 135 years ago today.

John Howard Northrop, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1891.

German-American biologist and ornithologist, Ernst Mayr, born on this date in 1904.

Endel Aruja, Estonian-Canadian physicist and academic was born on that same date in 1911.

French musicologist, critic and physicist, Paul-Gilbert Langevin was born 90 years ago today.

Also turning 77 today is Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Gerard ‘t Hooft.

Also born on that same date in 1950,  American singer-songwriter and actor, Huey Lewis.

American mathematician and computer scientist, Caryn Navy, born on this date in 1953.

American screenwriter and producer, Ronald D. Moore is 59 today.

Listener Birthdays

6 – Peter(1982, Sweden)

8 – Trampas Whiteman (aka Dragonhelm)

8 – Mark Lee (aka geekdad72) Stardate -351519.09

8 – Alan Ralph (a.k.a. Spiffy)

8 – Kim Eaddy – Kreg’s Wife

10 – KHD a.k.a. The Devin

11 – Steven Truax (rednecktech)

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On This Day In History for June 28, 2023

This is the 179th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1870, that The US Congress established the first federal holidays (New Year Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas).

June 28, 1894, Labor Day became an official US holiday

Also today in 1895, The United States Court of Private Land Claims ruled James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is “wholly fictitious and fraudulent.”

It was on this date in 1902, that The U.S. Congress passed the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal

112 years ago today, The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, fell to Earth, landing in Egypt

It was 97 years ago today, that Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies

On June 28, 1948, Boxer Dick Turpin beat Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era

It was on this date in 1964, that Malcolm X formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity

It was 54 years ago today, that Stonewall riots began in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement

That same date in 1997, during the Holyfield-Tyson II fight, Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield’s ear

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German chemist, Emil Erlenmeyer, born on this date in 1825.

French mathematician and academic, Henri Lebesgue was born 148 years ago today.

Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist was born on that same date in 1879.

German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Maria Goeppert Mayer was born 117 years ago today.

Also born on that same date in 1926, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, Mel Brooks.

American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Frank Sherwood Rowland, born on this date in 1927.

American actor, Pat Morita was born 91 years ago today.

Born June 28, 1941, American computer scientist and academic, developed the OBJ language Joseph Goguen.

German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Klaus von Klitzing is 80 today.

Born June 28, 1946, American actress and comedian Gilda Radner.

American journalist, Tom Merritt, born on this date in 1970.

South African-born American entrepreneur, Elon Musk is 52 today.

Listener Birthdays

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

June 29 – Gilles Laurent

June 30 – Alexis Duran (ADdude)

July 4 – Mike McBride

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