Episode 591: Star Trek Cruisin’




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Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1sU">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> What source material should they NEVER attempt to make a movie of?<br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast/posts/10156705649326671">Technorama</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chuck.tomasi/posts/10158644668123455">Chuck</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kreg.steppe/posts/10156716907966319">Kreg</a><br> <br> <br> Thomas Hausmann – Topics to not use for movies? Sewage treatment, locker plant kill floors<br> <br> On This Day In History for February 26, 2020<br> This is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 309 days remaining in 2020.<br> <br> It was on this date in 1606, that The Janszoon voyage of 1605 -06 became the first European expedition to sight Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea..<br> 404 years ago today, Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.<br> February 26, 1909, Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, was first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.<br> Also today in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.<br> That same date in 1966, was the launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket as part of the Apollo program.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France, François Arago, born on this date in 1786.<br> Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer was born on that same date in 1799.<br> Born February 26, 1802, French author, poet, and playwright Victor Hugo.<br> Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss &amp; Co. was born on that same date in 1829.<br> Born February 26, 1842, French astronomer and author Camille Flammarion.<br> John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes was born on that same date in 1852.<br> Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company, Herbert Henry Dow was born 154 years ago today.<br> Kenneth Edgeworth, the Irish astronomer was born 140 years ago today.<br> Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Giulio Natta, born on this date in 1903.<br> Tex Avery, the American animator, producer, and voice actor was born 112 years ago today.<br> American actor and singer, Jackie Gleason was born 104 years ago today.<br> Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer was born on that same date in 1920.<br> Fats Domino, the American singer-songwriter and pianist was born 92 years ago today.<br> Born February 26, 1932, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor Johnny Cash.<br> American general, engineer, and astronaut, Susan Helms, was born on this date in 1958.<br> Also turning 57 today is American actress, singer, and activist Chase Masterson.<br> French mathematician, Nalini Anantharaman is 44 today.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> 28 – Wayne “Your Ad Here” Pittenger – Bethlehem PA<br> 29 – Paul Dove a.k.a Eilmer From Malmesbury UK<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 26, 2020<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.cnn.com/2020/02/20/tech/larry-tesler-obituary-copy-paste-trnd/index.html">Larry Tesler, creator of copy, cut and paste function, has died – CNN</a><br> (Follow up) – <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/22/ai-discovers-powerful-antibiotic/">AI discovers antibiotic that kills even highly resistant bacteria |...</a>