Episode 613: Some people call me the space cowboy




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Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1uU">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> What would you do with a cardboard box?<br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast/posts/10157270436721671">Technorama</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chuck.tomasi/posts/10159447294653455">Chuck</a><br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for September 23, 2020<br> This is the 267th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 99 days remaining in 2020.<br> <br> It was on this date in 1642, that The first commencement exercises occurred at Harvard College.<br> That same date in 1806, Lewis and Clark returned to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.<br> 175 years ago today, The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, was founded in New York.<br> September 23, 1846, Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborated on the discovery of Neptune.<br> Also on September 23, 1889, Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.<br> It was 109 years ago today that Pilot Earle Ovington made the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department.<br> Roland Garros of France became the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia) on this date in 1913.<br> That same date in 2002, The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox (“Phoenix 0.1”) was released.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> German astronomer and academic, Johann Franz Encke, born on this date in 1791.<br> Hippolyte Fizeau, the French physicist and academic was born 201 years ago today.<br> Born September 23, 1851, American mathematician and astronomer Ellen Hayes.<br> German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert Bosch was born 159 years ago today.<br> Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer was born on that same date in 1895.<br> Born September 23, 1902, Chinese mathematician and academic Su Buqing.<br> Clifford Shull, the American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 105 years ago today.<br> American actor, singer, director, and producer, Mickey Rooney, born on this date in 1920.<br> André Cassagnes, the French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch was born 94 years ago today.<br> American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor, Ray Charles, born on this date in 1930.<br> Also turning 77 today is Spanish singer-songwriter Julio Iglesias.<br> American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Bruce Springsteen, born on this date in 1949.<br> Also turning 63 today is American actress Rosalind Chao.<br> American actor, singer, and voice artist, Jason Alexander, born on this date in 1959.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> 26 – Brett (from Wales)<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 23, 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.<br> <br> News<br> <br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/20/the-search-for-life-from-venus-to-the-outer-solar-system">The search for life – from Venus to the outer solar system | Alien life | The Guardian</a><br> <br> Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<br> <br> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/09/08/910761101/california-scientists-build-a-camera-to-take-pictures-of-huge-swath-of-sky?ft=nprml&amp;f=1007">A 3.2 Billion Pixel Camera Takes A Picture Of Broccoli : NPR</a><br>