Episode 615: The Fun Sized Podcast




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Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1v1">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> What is an overused word or phrase that annoys you?<br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast/posts/10157298362496671">Technorama</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast/posts/10157298362496671">Chuck</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kreg.steppe/posts/10157323410066319">Kreg</a><br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for October 7, 2020<br> This is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining in 2020.<br> <br> It was on this date in 3761 BC, that The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar.<br> It was also this date in 1826 that The Granite Railway began operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.<br> The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction on this date in 1912.<br> It was on this date in 1919, that KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, was founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.<br> It was also this date in 1933 that Air France was inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of five French airlines.<br> That same date in 1958, The U.S. manned space-flight project was renamed Project Mercury.<br> It was also this date in 1959 that The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.<br> Also today in 1963, President Kennedy signed the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.<br> On October 7, 1996, Fox News Channel began broadcasting.<br> October 7, 2002, The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.<br> 12 years ago today, Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacted the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact was detected prior to its entry into earth’s atmosphere.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate, Niels Bohr, born on this date in 1885.<br> American computer scientist and academic, Henriette Avram was born 101 years ago today.<br> Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation, Graeme Ferguson, born on this date in 1929.<br> South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate, Desmond Tutu is 89 today.<br> English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Harry Kroto, born on this date in 1939.<br> Also born on that same date in 1939,  American computer scientist and author, John Hopcroft.<br> Also turning 75 today is Scottish physicist and academic David Wallace.<br> American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor, John Mellencamp, born on this date in 1951.<br> Also turning 68 today is Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia Vladimir Putin.<br> Also born on that same date in 1955,  American computer scientist and author, Ralph Johnson.<br> Also turning 65 today is French-American cellist and educator Yo-Yo Ma.<br> Also born on that same date in 1959,  English businessman and producer, Simon Cowell.<br> Also turning 43 today is French comics writer and illustrator Antoine Revoy.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> 9 – Itsuko Rumpke (sounds like IT SUE-Koe)<br> 9 – 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 7, 2020<br> <br> If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenNyl8MEsC_eVDvCerLe8wNvhgtjg2d7F0Yj0IFYl4dOU2uA/viewform">Birthday Calendar</a> link. chuckchat.com/birthday<br> <br> News<br> <br> <a href="https://phys."></a>