Episode 624: Happy New Year!




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Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1vG">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> * Megan Enloe – Email<br> What is your Geekish wish/prediction/hope for the new year?<br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast/posts/10157482044601671">Technorama</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chuck.tomasi/posts/10159755723748455">Chuck</a><br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for January 6, 2021<br> This is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days remaining in 2021.<br> <br> It was on this date in 1838, that Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrated a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code)..<br> Also on January 6, 1847, Samuel Colt obtained his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government..<br> Also today in 1912, German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presented his theory of continental drift..<br> It was also this date in 1930 that The first diesel-powered automobile trip was completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York..<br> 74 years ago today, Pan American Airlines became the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.<br> It was 47 years ago today, that In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commenced nearly four months early in the United States.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> French martyr and saint, Joan of Arc, born on this date in 1412.<br> Born January 6, 1561, Danish mathematician and physicist Thomas Fincke.<br> French chemist and academic, Anselme Payen was born 226 years ago today.<br> Born January 6, 1807, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist Joseph Petzval.<br> American cowboy and actor, Tom Mix was born 141 years ago today.<br> Danny Thomas, the American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian was born 109 years ago today.<br> Born January 6, 1920, Korean religious leader; founder of the Unification Church Sun Myung Moon.<br> Earl Scruggs, the American banjo player was born 97 years ago today.<br> American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company, John DeLorean, born on this date in 1925.<br> American actor, Vic Tayback was born 91 years ag today.<br> Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, the Russian engineer and astronaut was born 88 years ago today.<br> Born January 6, 1944, American actress and singer Bonnie Franklin.<br> Also turning 77 today is Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Rolf M. Zinkernagel.<br> Also born on that same date in 1948,  American colonel and astronaut, Guy Gardner.<br> British-American astrophysicist and astronaut, Michael Foale, born on this date in 1957.<br> Born January 6, 1968, American director, producer, and screenwriter John Singleton.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> 3 – Thomas Gideon (The Command Line Podcast)<br> 6 – Steve Therrien (Canada)<br> 8 – Elvis!<br> 9 – Lingo from the Brit &amp; Yankee pubcast<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 6, 2021.<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> News<br> <br> <a href="https://slashdot.org/story/21/01/03/028227/recovering-samples-from-the-moon-chinas-change-5-team-used-exoskeletons?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29">Recovering Samples From the Moon, China’s Chang’e-5 Team Used Exoskeletons – Slashdot</a><br> <br> Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<br> <br> <a href="https://gizmodo.com/punish-yourself-by-watching-the-entire-shrek-movie-sque-1845961375">Some ...</a>