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- Rick and Morty
- Dr. Who
- X-Files
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Feedback
- Voicemail from Krazy Joe
- Voicemail from John Miller Jr.
- How many steps do you take at a time when going up stairs?
- Jorge: 1-3
- Digital Dan Hook: 2 steps at a time, since being tall
- What movie would like to forget and rewatch
- Jorge: Jurassic Park
On This Day In History for April 26, 2017
This is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 249 days remaining in 2017.
- It was on this date in 1564, that Playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of actual birth is unknown).
- It was also this date in 1607 that English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
- On April 26, 1803, Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L’Aigle, France; the event convinces European scientists that meteors exist..
- The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey on this date in 1923.
- April 26, 1933, The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
- Also today in 1962, NASA’s Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
- 31 years ago today, A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Emperor of Ancient Rome, Marcus Aurelius, born on this date in 121.
- British physicist, Owen Willans Richardson was born 138 years ago today.
- Rudolf Hess, German Nazi leader was born on that same date in 1894.
- German flying ace, Ernst Udet, born on this date in 1896.
- Seismologist and mathematician, Charles Francis Richter was born 117 years ago today.
- Born April 26, 1916, Leading exponent of autogyros Ken Wallis.
- Actress, comedienne, singer, dancer, writer, Carol Burnett, born on this date in 1933.
- Also turning 84 today is American physicist Arno Allan Penzias.
- English drummer and member of Duran Duran, Roger Taylor is 57 today.
- Slovenian model, wife of Donald Trump and First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, born on this date in 1970.
- Italian ESA astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti is 40 today.
Listener Birthdays
April
- 29 – Shepherd Thom from outside of the known universe
- 29 – Timothy Karre
- 30 – Julio Diaz (JulioTijuana)
May
- 01 – Technorama Podcast (2005)
- 03 – Keao Wright
- 03 – Leon
- 05 – Joe Mieczkowski host of Onthepodcast
- 06 – Amber Pace (not really a listener, but a mother and a wife of listeners)
- 06 – Bill Barbour
- 06 – Steve Bickle
- 08 – Curtis Parish
- 12 – Amanda Huggenkiss
- 14 – JPCJ
- 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 April 26, 2017
News
- Plastc died on the vine
- Remarkable Image Shows a Martian Crater With NASA’s Garbage Still Inside
- Dr. Who Joins the March For Science in London
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Media Corner
- ‘Rick and Morty’ visit ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ and it’s amazing as it sounds
- New Star Wars ANH extended scene ties in Sith and Rogue One – SlashGear
- The X-Files Is Coming Back to TV For an 11th Season
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