In This Show…
- Guitar Hero III gets a makeover
- DIY Monopoly
- A special message from Kreg’s Dad
On This Day in Tech History
- 1520 – After navigating through the South American strait,three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
- 1660 – At Gresham College, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
- 1814 – The Times in London was for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the begin of making newspapers available to a mass audience
- 1895 – The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago’s Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
- 1907 – In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.
- 1942 – Roll out of the first B-24 Liberator made in Ford’s Willow Run plant.
- 1964 – Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
- 1975 – As the World Turns and The Edge of Night, the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, air their last live episodes.
Births
- 1700 – Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (d. 1764)
- 1772 – Luke Howard, British meteorologist (d. 1864)
- 1805 – John Stephens, American archeologist (d. 1852)
- 1837 – John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor (d. 1920)
- 1908 – Claude L
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