Episode 626: Shuttle Up




Technorama show

Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1vN">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br>  <br> Feedback<br> <br> Email from Mad Marv<br> Question of the week: What Movie/TV/Book after finishing it made you go, “What the hell was that?”<br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast/posts/10157512976546671">Technorama</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chuck.tomasi/posts/10159793565298455">Chuck</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kreg.steppe/posts/10157542996596319">Kreg</a><br> <br> <br> <br> (Chuck Note: Shout out to the <a href="https://pod.space/betweentwofunctions">Between two Functions Podcast</a>)<br> On This Day In History for January 20, 2021<br> This is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 345 days remaining in 2021.<br> <br> It was on this date in 1887, that The United States Senate allowed the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.<br> That same date in 1929, The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, was released.<br> Also on January 20, 1986, In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer, Sebastian Münster, born on this date in 1488.<br> Rafael Bombelli, Italian mathematician was born on that same date in 1526.<br> German astronomer and academic, Simon Marius was born 448 years ago today.<br> Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and numismatist was born on that same date in 1716.<br> French physicist and mathematician, André-Marie Ampère, born on this date in 1775.<br> Born January 20, 1888, American folk/blues musician and songwriter Lead Belly.<br> American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company, Allan Haines Loughead, born on this date in 1889.<br> Harold Gray, the American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie was born 127 years ago today.<br> Greek shipping magnate, Aristotle Onassis, born on this date in 1906.<br> Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist was born on that same date in 1918.<br> American actor, DeForest Kelley was born 101 years ago today.<br> American actress, Patricia Neal, born on this date in 1926.<br> Arte Johnson, American actor and comedian was born on that same date in 1929.<br> Also turning 91 today is American colonel, pilot, and astronaut Buzz Aldrin.<br> Also born on that same date in 1931,  American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, David Lee.<br> American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Paul Stanley is 69 today.<br> Also turning 65 today is American comedian, political commentator, media critic, television host, and producer Bill Maher.<br> Also born on that same date in 1960,  American video game designer, co-founded Maxis, Will Wright.<br> American computer hacker and activist, co-founded MindVox, Patrick K. Kroupa is 52 today.<br> Indian computer engineer, Ruchi Sanghvi, born on this date in 1982.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> 21 – Michael Rabalais<br> 22 – TAW012294<br> 23 – Kathie Luke, IL<br> 23 – Chris Moody from PodioMedia Chat<br> 23 – Keith Lane from TGGeeks<br> 24 – Cynthia Fry<br> 25 – Kreg Steppe<br> 26 – Will The Computer Guy<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 20, 2021<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.universetoday.com/149587/with-its-new-extension-juno-is-going-to-be-visiting-jupiters-moons/">With its New Extens...</a>