Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1qO">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 May 1, 2019<br> <br> <br> <br> This is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 244 days remaining in 2019.<br> <br> <br> <br> * It was on this date in 1328, By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.* It was also this date in 1707 that The Act of Union joining the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.* May 1, 1753, Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.* Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt on this date in 1776.* It was 179 years ago today, that The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.* Also today in 1851, Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.* 135 years ago today, Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.* Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States on this date in 1884.* Also today in 1885, The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.* On May 1, 1930, The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named.* Also on May 1, 1931, The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.* It was also this date in 1956 that The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.* May 1, 1960, Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.* 52 years ago today, Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu are married in Las Vegas.* Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States on this date in 1989.* 20 years ago today, SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon after the 1999 Kids’ Choice Awards.* OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software on this date in 2002.<br> <br> <br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> <br> <br> * German astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, Johannes Stadius, born on this date in 1527.* German missionary and astronomer, Johann Adam Schall von Bell was born 428 years ago today.* William Lilly, English astrologer was born on that same date in 1602.* Johann Jakob Balmer, the Swiss mathematician and physicist was born 194 years ago today.* Born May 1, 1910, American astronomer and ufologist J. Allen Hynek.* Jack Paar, the American comedian, author and talk show host was born 101 years ago today.* American commander, pilot, and astronaut, Scott Carpenter, born on this date in 1925.* Also turning 74 today is American singer-songwriter Rita Coolidge.* Also born on that same date in 1949, American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers, Paul Teutul, Sr..* American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Ray Parker, Jr., born on this date in 1954.<br> <br> <br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> <br> <br> * 03 – Keao Wright* 03 – Leon* 05 – Joe Mieczkowski host of <a href="http://www.onthepodcast.net/">Onthepodcast</a>* 06 – Amber Pace (not really a listener, but a mother and a wife of listeners)* 06 – Bill Barbour* 06 – Steve Bickle* 06 – Brian ‘the intern’ Brown* 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,
