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On This Day In History for November 22, 2017
This is the 326th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 39 days remaining in 2017.
- It was on this date in 1928, that the premier performance of Ravel’s Boléro takes place in Paris.
- Also on November 22, 1935, the China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
- November 22, 1954, the Humane Society of the United States is founded.
- It was 54 years ago today, that U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald.
- Also today in 1968, The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).
- 40 years ago today, British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
- Also on November 22, 1987, Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
- It was 29 years ago today, in Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
- 22 years ago today, Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- English ornithologist and ichthyologist, Francis Willughby, born on this date in 1635.
- René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer was born on that same date in 1643.
- English businessman, founder of the Thomas Cook Group, Thomas Cook was born 209 years ago today.
- Born November 22, 1897, German astronomer and educator Paul Oswald Ahnert.
- French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Louis Néel, born on this date in 1904.
- Mikhail Mil, the Russian engineer, founded the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant was born 108 years ago today.
- American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, Guion Bluford is 75 today.
- American computer scientist, engineer, and academic, Elaine Weyuker, born on this date in 1945.
- Also turning 67 today is American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor Steven Van Zandt.
- American actress, Jamie Lee Curtis, born on this date in 1958.
- American computer programmer and author, Randal L. Schwartz is 56 today.
- Also born on that same date in 1961, American actress, Mariel Hemingway.
- American actor and activist, Mark Ruffalo, born on this date in 1967.
- Also turning 44 today is American astronomer and scholar Chad Trujillo.
- Also born on that same date in 1980, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Napster, Shawn Fanning.
- American actress, Scarlett Johansson, born on this date in 1984.
Listener Birthdays
November
- 22 – Tom Posz – (from California, USA)
- 25 – Lane Williams
- 26 – Joanie
- 27 – Brad P. from NJ
- 28 – Ben Sweetser
- 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 November 22, 2017
News
- The ISS is getting a long, long overdue printer upgrade
- An Elaborate Planetary System May Exist Around Our Nearest Star
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Media Corner
- Report: Amazon Is Working With Warner Bros. to Make Its Own Lord of the Rings TV Show
- Ben Affleck Stole Some Batarangs From the Justice League Set
- Kreg and Chuck – Saw Thor Ragnarok
Geek Library
Question of the week:
- What’s the stupidest piece of tech you’ve seen?
- Answers (so far)…
- Andy Helsby Windows ME. Fortunately I didn’t have to see it that much.
- Terry Taylor Retracting cup holder on PC’s
- Rick Stringer 3D televisions
- Gary Lindros Electric can openers
- Patti Effertz Blue dot on puck on hockey games on tv
- Joe Westrich Bluetooth Toothbrush
- Cian Mac Mahon I once saw a fork with a motor on it so you didn’t need to twirl your own spaghetti while eating it. Except it went super fast so I assume you’d end up with sauce all over yourself and your friends. So stupid.
- Dean Jensen rfid rings
- Eric Szonyi – Corded toy monster truck
- Mark Lietha Pet rock…oops (for smashing stupid tech)
- Michael Malcangio CueCat – https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat
- Gary Lindros and Dean Jensen replied “I still have one of those – great barcode reader.”
- Norbert Davis This takes the cake… well, ok, poorly stated but you get the drift. Illuminated toilet night light
- Lone Guise Knight USB Pet Rock – http://www.quertime.com/…/uploads/2017/06/usb-pet-rock.jpg
- Billy Flynn Bluetooth fork
- Weber Baker Fridge with internet
- Pamela L Gay IoT hairbrush
- Michael Slabodnick The book – https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ
- Mark Trubl IoT Toothbrush
- Liisa Tomasi That juicer that needed to be connected to the internet for some reason and really just squeezed a bag of vegetable pulp.
- Paul R Berg Worn out, hard, old eraser
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