Summary: Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * Batman<br> * 99 Robots<br> * Forbidden Sandwich<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1og">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for August 29, 2018<br> This is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining in 2018.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 708, that Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).<br> * On August 29, 1831, Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction.<br> * It was also this date in 1885 that Gottlieb Daimler patents the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.<br> * On August 29, 1898, The Goodyear tire company is founded.<br> * That same date in 1949, Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.<br> * It was on this date in 1965, that The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.<br> * That same date in 1982, The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.<br> * It was 21 years ago today, that Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * English physician and philosopher, John Locke, born on this date in 1632.<br> * Polish mathematician and astronomer, Jan Śniadecki was born 262 years ago today.<br> * Born August 29, 1876, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics Charles F. Kettering.<br> * Otis Boykin, American inventor and engineer was born on that same date in 1920.<br> * Richard Attenborough, the English actor, director, and producer was born 95 years ago today.<br> * American captain and politician, John McCain is 82 today.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1938, American actor and producer, Elliott Gould.<br> * James Brady, the American politician and activist, 15th White House Press Secretary was born 78 years ago today.<br> * English journalist and television host, Robin Leach was born 77 years ago today.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1943, Canadian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Arthur B. McDonald.<br> * Michael Jackson, the American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor was born 60 years ago today.<br> * Also turning 59 today is Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut Chris Hadfield.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br><br> August<br> <br> * 30 – Maximilian Björsten, Stockholm Sweden<br> * 31 – Tim Downing<br> <br> September<br> <br> * 01 – David Kloempken<br> * 02 – Scott Tyler<br> * 05 – <a href="http://www.benvon.net/">Ben Vaughan</a> (benvon) [1977]<br> <br> <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 29, 2018<br> News<br> <br> * <a href="https://gizmodo.com/we-ve-got-the-meat-scientists-unearth-final-ingredient-1828587496">We’ve Got the Meat: Scientists Unearth Final Ingredient to the Forbidden Sandwich</a><br> * <a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/batman-costume-police-pulled-over-batmobile-brampton-canada/">Batman Got Pulled Over By The Cops Even Though He Didn’t Break The Law | Bored Panda</a><br> <br> Hacks & Strange Stories<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.odditycentral.com/travel/the-swiss-man-who-built-a-ufo-landing-port-in-argentina-because-aliens-told-him-to.html">The Swiss Man Who Built a UFO Landing Port in Argentina Because Aliens Told Him to</a><br> * <a href="https://gizmodo.com/mysterious-aurora-like-lights-above-canada-continue-to-1828493333">Study of Canada’s Au...</a>
