Summary: Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * Pilots<br> * Escape Rooms<br> * Skyscrapers<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1o0">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> * JoLene McFarland<br> <br> Thank you for the shout out on your show.<br> I don’t just do cosplay at the Renaissance Festival, I am a Stage Manager for one of the stages. Here is a photo of me doing my rounds hydrating others who work there as well. (Yes, that is me in the middle)<br> <br> On This Day In History for August 1, 2018<br> This is the 213rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 152 days remaining in 2018.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 1498, that Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.<br> * 244 years ago today, British scientist Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.<br> * It was on this date in 1834, that Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force.<br> * On August 1, 1855, The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.<br> * Henry Perky patents shredded wheat on this date in 1893.<br> * 111 years ago today, The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.<br> * That same date in 1911, Harriet Quimby takes her pilot’s test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator’s certificate.<br> * It was also this date in 1936 that The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.<br> * August 1, 1957, The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).<br> * The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City on this date in 1971.<br> * 37 years ago today, MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles.<br> * It was on this date in 1984, that Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory, William Clark, born on this date in 1770.<br> * Born August 1, 1779, American lawyer, author, and poet Francis Scott Key.<br> * American astronomer and academic, Maria Mitchell, born on this date in 1818.<br> * Born August 1, 1819, American novelist, short story writer, and poet Herman Melville.<br> * Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic was born on that same date in 1889.<br> * American actor, singer, director, and producer, Dom DeLuise was born 85 years ago today.<br> * Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent was born on that same date in 1936.<br> * Born August 1, 1942, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Jerry Garcia.<br> * Also turning 72 today is American colonel, pilot, and astronaut Richard O. Covey.<br> * Japanese astronaut and engineer, Koichi Wakata is 55 today.<br> * Also turning 39 today is American actor, director, and producer Jason Momoa.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> * 04 – Clark & Diana (Awesome people and the kids of Gary from Jacksonville)<br> * 06 – Julie Tomasi<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 August 1, 2018<br> News<br> <br> * <a href="https://gizmodo.com/there-is-now-just-one-blockbuster-left-in-the-us-1827563382">There Is Now Just One Blockbuster Left in the US</a><br>
