Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1uR">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> * Matt Baum – Binary license plate image<br> * What new hobbies have you picked up this year and would you recommend them to others?<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast/posts/10157256121096671">Technorama</a><br> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chuck.tomasi/posts/10159426073883455">Chuck</a><br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for September 16, 2020<br> This is the 260th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 106 days remaining in 2020.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 1620, that Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower.<br> * It was 140 years ago today that The Cornell Daily Sun printed its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States’ oldest, continuously-independent college daily.<br> * September 16, 1908, The General Motors Corporation was founded.<br> * On September 16, 1955, A Zulu-class submarine became the first to launch a ballistic missile.<br> * TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts on this date in 1956.<br> * Also today in 1959, The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, was introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.<br> * It was 59 years ago today that The United States National Hurricane Research Project dropped eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.<br> * Also today in 1961, Pakistan established its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.<br> * It was 45 years ago today that The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor made its maiden flight.<br> * It was on this date in 1979, that Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.<br> * September 16, 1979, The Sugarhill Gang were formed and Rapper’s Delight was released.<br> * It was 33 years ago today that The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * French mathematician and theorist, Antoine Parent, born on this date in 1666.<br> * Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1853.<br> * James Cash Penney, the American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney was born 145 years ago today.<br> * Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors was born on that same date in 1877.<br> * Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Albert Szent-Györgyi, born on this date in 1893.<br> * Born September 16, 1898, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George H. A. Rey.<br> * Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter was born on that same date in 1914.<br> * Born September 16, 1924, American actress Lauren Bacall.<br> * American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, B.B. King, born on this date in 1925.<br> * Peter Falk, American actor was born on that same date in 1927.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1942, American computer scientist and academic, Susan L. Graham.<br> * American actor and environmental activist, Ed Begley Jr., born on this date in 1949.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1956, American magician and actor, David Copperfield.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays:<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> <br> And that’s the way it was,
