Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1rX">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> Postcard from Jorge<br> Q: What fictional universe do you want to live in?<br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chuck.tomasi/posts/10158159753643455">Chuck’s responses</a><br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for October 9, 2019<br> This is the 282nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 83 days remaining in 2019.<br> <br> It was on this date in 1410, that witnessed the first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.<br> It was 573 years ago today, that The hangul alphabet is published in Korea.<br> 415 years ago today, Supernova 1604 is sighted, the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.<br> It was also this date in 1874 that an international postal union is created by the Treaty of Bern.<br> 83 years ago today, Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.<br> Also today in 2003, Mission: Space opens to the public at Walt Disney World.<br> Also on October 9, 2009, First lunar impact of NASA’s Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> German mathematician, physicist, and physician, Johann Andreas Segner, born on this date in 1704.<br> German physicist and astronomer, Karl Schwarzschild was born 146 years ago today.<br> Joseph Friedman, the American inventor, invented the bendy straw was born 119 years ago today.<br> John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer was born on that same date in 1940.<br> John Entwistle, the English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer was born 75 years ago today.<br> American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Jackson Browne, born on this date in 1948.<br> Also turning 65 today is American actor Scott Bakula.<br> Also born on that same date in 1964, Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter, Guillermo del Toro.<br> Also turning 44 today is American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor Sean Lennon.<br> Also born on that same date in 1979, American model and actor, Brandon Routh.<br> Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter, Chris O’Dowd is 40 today.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> 09 – Itsuko Rumpke (sounds like IT – SUE – KOE)<br> 09 – Mario (New Jersey)<br> 10 – Victor Cajiao<br> 10 – Garrett Riffal<br> 11 – Bruce Barr<br> 13 – Jason Schwanz<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 9, 2019<br> <br> If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href="http://technorama.wikifoundry.com/">Wiki</a>.<br> <br> News<br> <br> <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/science/nasa-first-all-female-spacewalk-controversy">NASA announces first all-female spacewalk after spacesuit controversy | Fox News</a><br> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/05/us/vitaminwater-smart-phone-challenge-trnd/index.html">If this woman stays off her smartphone for an entire year, she’ll win $100,000 – CNN</a><br> <a href="https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/299621-japans-hayabusa2-spacecraft-drops-off-its-last-robot-on-asteroid-ryugu">Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Drops Off Its Last Robot on Asteroid Ryugu – ExtremeTech</a><br> <a href="https://abc7.com/technology/paralyzed-man-walks-using-brain-controlled-robotic-suit/5593595/">Paralyzed man walks using brain-controlled robotic suit in Grenoble, France | abc7.com</a><br> <br> Shout out to the chat room<br> What us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat!<br> Remember When<br> <br> <a href="https://paleotronic.com/2019/09/28/from-pocket-computers-to-palmtops-an-early-hist..."></a>
