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On This Day In History for March 13, 2024

This is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 293 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1639, that Harvard College was named after clergyman John Harvard.
It was 243 years ago today that William Herschel discovered Uranus.
162 years ago today, The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
Also on March 13, 1930, The news of the discovery of Pluto was announced by Lowell Observatory.
It was 55 years ago today that Apollo 9 returned safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opened between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan. on this date in 1988
It was also this date in 2020 that President Donald Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American astronomer and mathematician, Percival Lowell, born on this date in 1855.
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1899.
American chemist and Women’s Army Corps officer, Myrtle Bachelder was born 116 years ago today.
L. Ron Hubbard, American author was born on that same date in 1911.
Born March 13, 1916, American engineer and academic Jacque Fresco.
Ralph J. Roberts, the American businessman, co-founded Comcast was born 104 years ago today.
Al Jaffee, American cartoonist was born on that same date in 1921.
American singer-songwriter and pianist, Neil Sedaka is 85 today.
Also born on that same date in 1942,  American computer scientist and engineer, Dave Cutler.
Also turning 79 today is Russian mathematician and academic Anatoly Fomenko.

Listener Birthdays

13 – Johanna Gonzalez a.k.a. MightyJo
14 – Pi Day (3/14)
16 – Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns
18 – Gregory Lemon @ GregoryLemon.com
19 – JT Shea of The Gigcast and JT Ukes at 40
19 – Michael R. Mennenga

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 13, 2024

If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.

News

NASA Launches Astronauts After Finding Crack in Spacecraft During Countdown
Archimedes’ death ray might have worked, teen science project suggests | CNN
Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos-backed fusion energy pioneer claims ‘pivotal moment’ | Recharge
Quantum Computing Takes a Giant Leap With Light-Based Processors

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New technology allows archaeologists to use particle physics to explore the past – CBS News

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Media Corner
Pass me the remote

Kreg

Ricky Stanicky – Prime
The Tourist – Netflix
Passengers – Rental
Wonka – Max

Chuck

Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix)
Old pinball machines are amazingly complex
Dune 2 (Theater)

Geek Library

Pi Solar Camera – Astronomy with the Raspberry Pi
The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math
What’s inside a .EXE File?
Why do hurricane lanterns look like that?
The First Transistors
Netscape it’s rise, fall, and eventual revenge
The Rise of Unix. The Seeds of its Fall.
Why people thought steel houses were a good idea
The Forgotten Era: What Really Happened AFTER the Dinosaurs Went Extinct ? Earth History Documentary
America’s Ice Age Explained | How the Earth Was Made (S2, E12) | Full Episode | History
The Grand Canyon Explained | How the Earth Was Made (S2, E1) | Full Documentary | History
6 Years STRANDED On Desolate Pacific Island
New York’s Lost Domino Sugar Refinery

Question of the week

What movie would be the most improved if you add “vs Predator” to the title?

Patreon Topic this week

ChatGPT/AI and podcasting

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