Summary: Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * AOL<br> * Robots<br> * Elon Musk<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1lX">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for December 20, 2017<br> This is the 354th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining in 2017.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 1606, that The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.<br> * It was 214 years ago today, that The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.<br> * Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison on this date in 1924.<br> * Also today in 1946, The popular Christmas film It’s a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.<br> * Also on December 20, 1951, The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.<br> * That same date in 1957, The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.<br> * A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155 mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor on this date in 1967.<br> * It was also this date in 1971 that The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France.<br> * China successfully launches the Bolivian Túpac Katari 1 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on this date in 2013.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * French mathematician and cartographer, Oronce Finé, born on this date in 1494.<br> * Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Jaroslav Heyrovský was born 127 years ago today.<br> * Born December 20, 1901, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator Robert J. Van de Graaff.<br> * American actor, John Hillerman, born on this date in 1932.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1945, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer, Peter Criss.<br> * English keyboard player and producer, Alan Parsons, born on this date in 1948.<br> * English mathematician and academic, Geoffrey Grimmett is 67 today.<br> * Also turning 41 today is Welsh game designer and businessman, co-founded Meteor Games Adam Powell.<br> * If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href="http://technorama.wikifoundry.com/">Wiki</a>.<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 20, 2017<br> News<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/15/rip-aol-instant-messenger-aim/">RIP, AOL Instant Messenger</a><br> * <a href="https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/12/13/2144203/robots-are-being-used-to-shoo-away-homeless-people-in-san-francisco?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed">Robots Are Being Used To Shoo Away Homeless People In San Francisco – Slashdot</a><br> <br> Hacks & Strange Stories<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/elon-musk-mysterious-number-twitter-reactions/">Elon Musk Tweets The Number 35,000 And Things Take An Unexpected Turn | Bored Panda</a><br> <br> Shout out to the chat room<br> What us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat!<br> Remember When<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/geek/comments/7k0sxv/y2k_warning_sticker_from_best_buy_circa_1999/?utm_content=title&utm_medium=hot&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=geek">Y2K Warning sticker from Best Buy circa 1999</a><br> * <a href="https://i.imgur.com/SJfqUFq.jpg">Y2k Book</a><br> <br> Thank you Patrons!<br> This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special ...
