Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1rQ">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chuck.tomasi/posts/10158096513763455">Question of the week – Chuck</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kreg.steppe/posts/10156320804506319?notif_id=1569078628838420&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic">Question of the week – Kreg</a><br> <br> On This Day In History for September 25, 2019<br> This is the 268th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining in 2019.<br> <br> It was on this date in 1513, that Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.<br> On September 25, 1690, Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.<br> The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver on this date in 1804.<br> That same date in 1890, The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.<br> It was on this date in 1906, that Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.<br> That same date in 1956, TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.<br> It was also this date in 1977 that About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.<br> September 25, 1992, NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> English explorer and navigator, Steven Borough, born on this date in 1525.<br> Ole Rømer, the Danish astronomer and instrument maker was born 375 years ago today.<br> Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer was born on that same date in 1798.<br> German palaeontologist and geologist, Karl Alfred von Zittel, born on this date in 1839.<br> Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician was born on that same date in 1893.<br> Russian pianist and composer, Dmitri Shostakovich was born 113 years ago today.<br> Also turning 90 today is American journalist, producer, and author Barbara Walters.<br> American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter, Shel Silverstein, born on this date in 1930.<br> American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin, Ken Forsse was born 83 years ago today.<br> Also born on that same date in 1937, American computer scientist and lawyer, Mary Allen Wilkes.<br> American actor and producer, Michael Douglas is 75 today.<br> American actor, singer, and producer, Mark Hamill, born on this date in 1951.<br> Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist was born on that same date in 1952.<br> Also born on that same date in 1956, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries, Jamie Hyneman.<br> Also turning 63 today is American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation W. Daniel Hillis.<br> American actress, Heather Locklear is 58 today.<br> Also born on that same date in 1969, Welsh actress, Catherine Zeta-Jones.<br> <br> Listener birthdays:<br> September<br> <br> 18 – Jeff Schultz (Gorbash)<br> 20 – Joel Harper (Rincewind) / Milwaukee WI<br> 20 -Joel Rickenbach [deceased] (host of the You’ve Got Geek Podcast)<br> 21 – Dean Jensen (Beaker1)<br> 22 – Matthew Tjarks (Jharks)<br> 26 – Brett (from Wales)<br> <br> October<br> <br> 01 – 10/1 = 101 & Stephen Wesche (From Saint Louis Missouri) (Pronounced Like the first part of the word “Wet” and the word ...
