Technorama Ep 547: Text Message from Mars




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Summary: Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * Robot Calls<br> * Robbers<br> * Spray on Coating<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1oH">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> * Voicemail from Crazy Joe (In the VM folder)<br> <br> On This Day In History for October 31, 2018<br> This is the 304th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 61 days remaining in 2018.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 1517, Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.<br> * Also today in 1587, Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.<br> * 105 years ago today, Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.<br> * October 31, 1941, After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.<br> * It was also this date in 1943 that An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.<br> * That same date in 1961, In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin’s body is removed from the Lenin’s Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.<br> * 45 years ago today, Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.<br> * October 31, 1999, Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.<br> * Also today in 2000, Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.<br> * 7 years ago today, The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion.<br> * It was also this date in 2014 that During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California,.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * French archaeologist and author, Anne Claude de Caylus, born on this date in 1692.<br> * Italian physician, physicist, and academic, Laura Bassi was born 307 years ago today.<br> * Karl Weierstrass, the German mathematician and academic was born 203 years ago today.<br> * Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1835.<br> * Born October 31, 1912, American animator and voice actor Ollie Johnston.<br> * American singer-songwriter and actress, Dale Evans, born on this date in 1912.<br> * John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer was born on that same date in 1914.<br> * Born October 31, 1919, American mathematician and author Magnus Wenninger.<br> * Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress was born on that same date in 1922.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1930, American general, pilot, and astronaut, Michael Collins.<br> * Also turning 83 today is American mathematician and theorist Ronald Graham.<br> * Michael Landon, the American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter was born 82 years ago today.<br> * American businessman and activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop, Craig Rodwell was born 78 years ago today.<br> * David Ogden Stiers, American actor was born on that same date in 1942.<br> * New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, Peter Jackson, born on this date in 1961.<br> * Also turning 55 today is American actor and comedian Rob Schneider.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> November Birthdays<br> <br> * 01 – Amber Elstad<br> * 02 – Mark McCoy<br> * 03 – Ken Pace<br> * 03 – Craig Glassner (aka Ranger Craig)<br> * 04 – Avner (OMG, its 2014 – I’m 40 already)<br>