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On This Day In History for June 5, 2024

This is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days remaining in 2024.



It was on this date in 1817, that the first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, was launched.

It was 141 years ago today that the first regularly scheduled Orient Express departed Paris.

June 5, 1893, the trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother began in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

It was also this date in 1956 that Elvis Presley introduced his new single, “Hound Dog”, on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.

June 5, 1964, DSV Alvin was commissioned.

It was also this date in 1991 that Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on STS-40, the fifth spacelab mission.

Also today in 1995, The Bose-Einstein condensate was first created.

It was on this date in 2002, that Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on STS-111, carrying the Expedition 5 crew to the International Space Station to replace the Expedition 4 crew. Astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz became the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights.



Happy birthday goes out on this date to:



Italian mathematician and philosopher, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, born on this date in 1646.

Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist, Johan Gadolin was born 264 years ago today.

John Couch Adams, the English mathematician and astronomer was born 205 years ago today.

Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate, Dennis Gabor was born 124 years ago today.

Beatrice de Cardi, the English archaeologist and academic was born 110 years ago today.

Born June 5, 1915, English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa, Lancelot Ware.

American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment, Kathleen Kennedy, born on this date in 1953.

Also turning 59 today is American astronomer and author Michael E. Brown.



Listener Birthdays



4 – Tara Parkman (daughter of Richard Parkman)

5 – Chris MC

6 – Adam Larson (UncleAdam)

6 – Grandma Grace (1921)

8 – Bobby Irvin

10 – Tim (from Australia)

10 – Weber (BTW June 10 – AA was founded 1935)



And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 5, 2024



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On This Day In History for May 19, 2024

This is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 216 days remaining in 2024.



It was on this date in 1886, that The pharmacist John Pemberton placed his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.

Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity was tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin on this date in 1919.

It was on this date in 1950, that The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

That same date in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay’s (adopted) 39th birthday.

May 29, 1999, Space Shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the International Space Station.

It was also this date in 2015 that One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opened.



Happy birthday goes out on this date to:



English mathematician and philosopher, Humphry Ditton, born on this date in 1675.

German astronomer and selenographer, Johann Heinrich von Mädler was born 230 years ago today.

Bob Hope, the English-American actor, singer, and producer was born 121 years ago today.

John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States was born on that same date in 1917.

English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Peter Higgs was born 95 years ago today.

American animator, producer, and author, David Kirschner, born on this date in 1955.



Listener Birthdays



30 – Petri Lopia

31 – Troy Dunlavy

1 – Selganor

2 – Anthony Gartner (Enigmavb)

4 – Leo Schrauwen – history and pictures from Ekeren (Antwerp, Belgium) in Dutch

4 – Tara Parkman (daughter of Richard Parkman)



And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May  29, 2024



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On This Day In History for May 22, 2024

This is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining in 2024.



It was on this date in 1762, that Trevi Fountain was officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.

Also today in 1804, The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially began as the Corps of Discovery departed from St. Charles, Missouri.

On May 22, 1826, HMS Beagle departed on its first voyage.

Also on May 22, 1846, The Associated Press was formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.

Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for an invention to lift boats, making him the only U.S. president to ever hold a patent on this date in 1849.

It was also this date in 1866 that Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms.

May 22, 1906, The Wright brothers were granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their “Flying-Machine”.

Apollo 10’s Lunar Module flew within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the Moon’s surface on this date in 1969.

Also on May 22, 2012, SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 launched a Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket in the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.



Happy birthday goes out on this date to:



English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor, William Sturgeon, born on this date in 1783.

Brazilian engineer and politician, Augusto Pestana was born 156 years ago today.

Born May 22, 1904, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor Uno Lamm.

German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope, Bodo von Borries was born 119 years ago today.

Born May 22, 1912, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Herbert C. Brown.

Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic, Thomas Gold, born on this date in 1920.

Also turning 78 today is Russian-Ukrainian astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva.

English physicist and academic, Michael Green is 78 today.

Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate, Shuji Nakamura, born on this date in 1954.



Listener Birthdays



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

6 – Bill Barbour

6 – Steve Bickle

6 – Brian Brown

8 – Curtis Parish

12 – Amanda Huggenkiss

14 – JPCJ

16 – Dan Delaney

22 – Tim Elliott

23 – Kris Ziel Host and producer of The AVScast and 24 Under Review

26 – Eli Yukelzon

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



And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May  22, 2024



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On This Day In History for April 24, 2024

This is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 251 days remaining in 2024.



It was on this date in 1704, that The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, was published.

On April 24, 1800, The United States Library of Congress was established when President John Adams signed legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase “such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress”.

Also on April 24, 1885, American sharpshooter Annie Oakley was hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.

It was 129 years ago today that Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, set sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop “Spray”.

April 24, 1914, The Franck-Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, was presented to the German Physical Society.

Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launched a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organize a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance on this date in 1916.

It was on this date in 1967, that Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died in Soyuz 1 when its parachute failed to open. He was the first human to die during a space mission.

It was also this date in 1990 that the Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-31.

It was 13 years ago today that WikiLeaks started  publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak.



Happy birthday goes out on this date to:



English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom, Edmund Cartwright, born on this date in 1743.

Gideon Sundback, the Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper was born 144 years ago today.

Born April 24, 1899, Russian-American mathematician and academic Oscar Zariski.

David Blackwell, the American mathematician and academic was born 105 years ago today.

Born April 24, 1930, American actor, director, and producer Richard Donner.

Australian-English guitarist and composer, John Williams is 83 today.

Also turning 82 today is American singer, actress, activist, and producer Barbra Streisand.

American actor, Jack Quaid, born on this date in 1992.



Listener Birthdays



26 – Stewe Lundin – Sweden

26 – Frank Lopez

29 – Shepherd Thom from outside of the known universe

29 – Timothy Karre

29 – Dhruv Gupta

30 – Julio Diaz (JulioTijuana)



And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 24, 2024



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Hi,

I agree with Kreg, John Carter of Mars isn’t a terrible movie… I’d heard it had poor reviews before watching, but really enjoyed it.

Regarding Kreg’s review of The Tourist.

My feelings about the main character was flipped during the last episode, but having watched and enjoyed season two (small spoiler… the last 30 seconds of season two does it again).

If you have time, I’d still recommend watching season two.

On This Day In History for April 17, 2024

This is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 258 days remaining in 2024.



It was on this date in 1492, that Spain and Christopher Columbus signed the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.

503 years ago today,  the trial of Martin Luther over his teachings began during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.

April 17, 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano reached New York Harbor.

The Ellis Island immigration center processed 11,747 people, more than on any other day on this date in 1907.

Also on April 17, 1951, The Peak District became the United Kingdom’s first National Park.

It was on this date in 1961, that a group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro – known as the Bay of Pigs invasion.

That same date in 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.

The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returned to Earth safely on this date in 1970.

Also today in 2014, NASA’s Kepler space telescope confirmed the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.



Happy birthday goes out on this date to:



Italian priest and astronomer, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, born on this date in 1598.

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, the German botanist and explorer was born 230 years ago today.

French mathematician and academic, Étienne Bobillier was born 226 years ago today.

J. P. Morgan, the American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. was born 187 years ago today.

Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician and theorist was born on that same date in 1863.

Spanish-American ventriloquist, Señor Wences, born on this date in 1896.

Sidney Garfield, American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente was born on that same date in 1906.

Also born on that same date in 1936,  Swiss chemist, Urs Wild.

Czech pianist, composer, and producer, Jan Hammer, born on this date in 1948.



Listener Birthdays



19 – Amanda (SusietheGeek’s daughter & Geek in Training)

21 – Kim and Kreg’s Anniversary



And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 17, 2024



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On This Day In History for April 10, 2024

This is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 265 days remaining in 2024.



It was on this date in 837, that Halley’s Comet made its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometers/3.2 million miles).

On April 10, 1606, The Virginia Company of London was established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.

Also today in 1710, The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, came into force in Great Britain.

It was on this date in 1858, that after the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it was recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.

It was 158 years ago today that The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.

It was on this date in 1872, that The first Arbor Day was celebrated in Nebraska.

That same date in 1912, RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.

April 10, 1916, The Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) was created in New York City.

It was on this date in 1925, that The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

It was 85 years ago today that Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.’s “Big Book”, was first published.

54 years ago today, Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.

Also on April 10, 2019, Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announced the first ever image of a black hole, which was located in the center of the M87 galaxy.



Happy birthday goes out on this date to:



German mathematician, physicist, and physician, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, born on this date in 1651.

John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker was born on that same date in 1713.

Born April 10, 1762, Italian physicist and academic Giovanni Aldini.

Arnold Orville Beckman, the American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist was born 124 years ago today.

American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Robert Burns Woodward was born 107 years ago today.

Born April 10, 1927, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate Marshall Warren Nirenberg.

Egyptian actor and screenwriter, Omar Sharif, born on this date in 1932.

Also turning 68 today is English chemist and academic Carol V. Robinson.

English computer scientist and academic, Carole Goble, born on this date in 1961.

Also turning 56 today is American actor, producer, and screenwriter Orlando Jones.



Listener Birthdays



14 – Danny Harnish

16 – Donna Tomasi



And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 10, 2024



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