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Episode 741: Fact, Fiction, and the Final Frontier Technorama
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Postcard from Jorge in Oslo
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
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
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Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.
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QOTW: What is a movie where the main character just can’t get anything right?
Postcard from Jorge in Oslo
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
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
NASA’s Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io (video) | Space
Farewell to Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Robot: Hilarious Bloopers and Triumphs Reel
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