Dec 15 2023 71 mins 15
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On This Day In History for December 13, 2023
This is the 347th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 18 days remaining in 2023.
- It was on this date in 1577, that Sir Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
- NASA launched Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit on this date in 1962
- On December 13, 1972, Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt began the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or “Moonwalk” of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Italian astronomer and philosopher, Francesco Bianchini, born on this date in 1662.
- Born December 13, 1724, German astronomer and philosopher Franz Aepinus.
- German chemist, invented the Döbereiner’s lamp, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner was born 243 years ago today.
- Born December 13, 1816, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens Werner von Siemens.
- Elizabeth Alexander, the British geologist, academic, and physicist was born 115 years ago today.
- Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1923.
- American actor, singer, and dancer, Dick Van Dyke is 98 today.
- Born December 13, 1929, Canadian actor and producer Christopher Plummer.
- American actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and comedian, Jamie Foxx is 56 today.
- Also born on that same date in 1989, American singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift.
Listener Birthdays
- 12 – Wanda Steppe Kreg’s Awesome Mother!
- 13 – Fritz The German
- 14 – Michael Spence from Brother Osric’s Scriptorium
- 17 – Jorge Schrauwen
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 13, 2023
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News
- Chuck discovered Takeout.Google.com.
- We got Echo Frames!
- Space station astronauts solve the mystery of a missing tomato : NPR
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Hacks & Strange Stories
- Scientists Grew ‘Mini Brains’ From Stem Cells. Then, The Brains Sort-of Developed Eyes. : ScienceAlert
- Why scientists are making transparent wood | Ars Technica
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Remember When
- Tyrannosaur’s Last Supper of Baby Dinosaurs Well-Preserved in Fossil Belly
- Turbo Pascal celebrates 40 years of innovation and legacy in the programming world | TechSpot
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Pass me the remote
- Chuck
- The Crown Season 6 (Netflix)
- The Billionaire, The Butler, and the Boyfriend
- Till Murder Do Us Part (Netflix)
- The Great British Baking Show (aka Bake Off) – Collection 11
- The Pacific (Netflix)
- Kreg
- Monk’s Last Case – Peacock
- The Exorcist: Believer – Peacock
- Frasier (Complete) – Paramount+
Question of the week
- What treasures that we 100% know existed still haven’t been found?
Patreon Topic this week
- Old computers on YouTube
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