Technorama Ep544 : Asteroid Mayhem




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Summary: Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * Money<br> * Stanley<br> * Atari 2600<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1op">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> * Post Cards from Jorge<br> <br> On This Day In History for September 19, 2018<br> This is the 262nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 103 days remaining in 2018.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 1676, that Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon’s Rebellion.<br> * That same date in 1778, The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.<br> * It was on this date in 1796, that George Washington’s Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.<br> * On September 19, 1852, Annibale De Gasparis discovers in Naples the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.<br> * September 19, 1879, The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.<br> * 66 years ago today, The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.<br> * Also on September 19, 1957, First American underground nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob).<br> * Also today in 1970, The first Glastonbury Festival is held, at a farm belonging to Michael Eavis.<br> * It was 36 years ago today, that Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons