Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1qv">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> On This Day In History for April 3, 2019<br> <br> <br> <br> This is the 93rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 272 days remaining in 2019.<br> <br> <br> <br> * It was on this date in 686, that Maya king Yuknoom Yich’aak K’ahk’ assumes the crown of Calakmul.* Also today in 1860, The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.* April 3, 1882, Robert Ford kills the infamous Jesse James.* On April 3, 1885, Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.* That same date in 1933, First flight over Mount Everest, by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.* On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. He was assassinated the next day.* It was 46 years ago today, that Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.* Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default on this date in 1975.* Also on April 3, 1981, the Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.* That same date in 1996, Suspected “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.* Also on April 3, 2000, Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping “an oppressive thumb” on its competitors.* April 3, 2007, a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.* On April 3, 2010, Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.<br> <br> <br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> <br> <br> * German mathematician and astronomer, Michael Neander, born on this date in 1529.* Pierre Bretonneau, French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy was born on that same date in 1778.* American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine, Henry Luce, born on this date in 1898.* American singer and actress, is 97 today.* Gus Grissom, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut was born on that same date in 1926.* Also turning 85 today is English primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall.* Also born on that same date in 1944, American singer, Tony Orlando.* American game show host, Ray Combs was born 63 years ago today.* Also turning 61 today is American actor, comedian, producer and television host Alec Baldwin.* American actor and comedian, Eddie Murphy is 58 today.<br> <br> <br> <br> Listener birthdays<br> <br> <br> <br> * 04 – Brian K – My Blog* 04 – Joel McLaughlin (aka Gorkon)* 05 – Chad Davis, Jon Issler (hsteckylf)* 05 – Griffin Sylvester (Ildreancipher)* 05 – Martine Tysmans – <a href="http://martine-tysmans.skynetblogs.be/">citytrips, travelling, jokes… (in Dutch)</a>* 05 – Ringmaster Greg from <a href="http://dwithe.com/">Dancing With Elephants</a>* 06 – Trevor Litecky (future Geek)* 07 – P.C. Haring* If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href="http://technorama.wikifoundry.com/">Wiki</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 3, 2019<br> <br> <br> <br> News<br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://www.odditycentral.com/animals/wind-turbines-and-solar-panels-suspected-of-killing-hundreds-of-cows-in-france.html">Wind Turbines and Solar Panels Suspected of Ki...</a>
