Coming up in this episode…
- An arcade museum may be coming to bay area residents
- Don’t have an Apple Store near you, we’ve got a way to bring the store to you
- Think it’s hard to build an atomic bomb? We’ve got a guy who reverse engineered one
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On This Day In History for April 6, 2011
- It was on this date in 1652 – At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town .
- Celluloid is patented today in 1869
- Today in 1909, Robert Peary and Matthew Henson allegedly reach the North Pole.
- Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight on this date in 1926. (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
- Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite, the Early Bird, is launched today and later placed in geosynchronous orbit today in 1965.
- That same day in 1965, the British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project.
- and the Pioneer 11 spacecraft is launched today in 1973 to explore the asteroid belt, Jupiter, and Saturn.
Happy Birthday goes out on this date to:
- French Astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan, born today in 1851
- Also born on April 6, 1890 – Anthony Fokker, the Dutch aviation engineering pioneer
- Lando Calrissian, actor Billy Dee Williams, turns 74 today
- and finally Italian Astronaut Paolo Nespoli, turns 54
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 6, 2011
News
- Group raising money for arcade museum (from Will The Computer Guy)
- Wisconsin man reverse engineers the Atomic Bomb
Hacks & Strange Stories
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- Quick Tip: Save your last driver’s license as an emergency backup in the event yours gets stolen on travel.
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