Summary: <br> Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> * One* Two* Three<br> <br> <br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1q7">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> <br> <br> Question of the week: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast/photos/a.10151218397851671/10155873334101671/?type=3&theater">For the podcast tonight: If you had a $200… – Technorama Podcast</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Ben Vaughan <br> <br> <br> <br> “Hey guys,Had a quiet moment and thought of you two (how weird)…Just wanted to drop a quick note to say “hey” and thank you for providing so much great entertainment for so long. I love the levity you bring on an (almost) weekly basis. Keep up the good work and I look forward to the good stuff from Chuck and Kreg for many years to come.”<br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for February 20, 2019<br> <br> <br> <br> This is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 314 days remaining in 2019.<br> <br> <br> <br> * It was on this date in 1792, that The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.* 203 years ago today, Rossini’s opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.* It was 147 years ago today, that The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.* Also on February 20, 1877, Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.* 88 years ago today, The Congress of the United States approves the construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.* It was also this date in 1935 that Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.* It was on this date in 1962, While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.* 54 years ago today, Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.* That same date in 1971, The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.* It was on this date in 1986, that The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.<br> <br> <br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> <br> <br> * German physician, physiologist, and anatomist, Johann Christian Reil, born on this date in 1759.* Born February 20, 1844, Austrian physicist and philosopher Ludwig Boltzmann.* Joshua Slocum, the Canadian sailor and adventurer was born 175 years ago today.* American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, Jay Johnson Morrow was born 149 years ago today.* Louis Kahn, the American architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building was born 118 years ago today.* Born February 20, 1906, American actor Gale Gordon.* Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat, Sidney Poitier, born on this date in 1927.* Also born on that same date in 1931, American mathematician and academic, John Milnor.* Australian minister and amateur astronomer, Robert Evans is 82 today.* J. Geils, the American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born 73 years ago today.* Also turning 59 today is American comedian, actor, and screenwriter Joel Hodgson.* Also born on that same date in 1966, American model and businesswoman, Cindy Crawford.* Born February 20, 1967, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Kurt Cobain.* Also turning 31 today is Barbadian-American singer-songwrite...
