Technorama Ep485 : Drunk Superman

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On This Day In History for September 28, 2016

This is the 272nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 94 days remaining in 2016.

It was on this date in 1066 that William the Conqueror invades England beginning the Norman conquest of England.
474 years ago today, Navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, United States.
The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval on this date in 1787.
September 28, 1892, The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash. He and pilot Lt. Lewis C. Rockwell are killed in the crash of an Army Wright Model B at College Park, Maryland on this date in 1912.
September 28, 1924, First round-the-world flight completed.
That same date in 1951, CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
All US Air Force Minuteman II ICBM’s plus certain bomber and tanker aircraft are taken off of standing alert by the US Secretary of Defense on this date in 1991.
Also today in 2008, SpaceX launches the first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French astronomer and mathematician Ismaël Bullialdus, born on this date in 1605.
The man whose name is closely associated with the toilet, Thomas Crapper was also born today in 1836.
Also born today in 1852, British astronomer and meteorologist, Isus Pogson.
The founder of CBS was born today in 1901 – happy birthday to William S. Paley.
The man with a “really big shoe”… TV host Ed Sullivan was born on this date in 1901.
Born September 28, 1925, computer scientist and founder of the CRAY computer company, Seymour Cray.
and finally singer-songwriter and producer, Ben E. King was born today in 1938.

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September
- 30 – Scott Reynolds
October
- 01 – 10/1 = 101 & Stephen Wesche ( Saint Louis Missouri)
- 02 – Adam Rumpke
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 28, 2016

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