Coming up in this episode…
- Lazy Astronaut
- A follow up to Footloose
- NSA Monitors the Earth
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On This Day In History for May 14, 2014
This is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 231 days remaining in 2014.
- It was on this date in 1607 that Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
- That same date in 1796, Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River today in 1804
- Today in 1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
- The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, has its first flight on this date in 1940
- 41 years ago today – Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launched.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to
- Danish astronomer Peder Horrebow, born on this date in 1679
- English mathematician William Emerson, also born today in 1701
- German mathematician and educator Rudolf Lipschitz was born today in 1832
- One of Albert Einstein’s sons Hans Albert Einstein was born on this date in 1904. He went on to become an engineer and educator
- Also born on this date in 1952 – American colonel, pilot, and astronaut Donald R. McMonagle,
- Computer scientist Pranav Mistry celebrates his 33rd birthday today
- and finally computer programmer and businessman, co-founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg turns 30
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 14, 2014
News
- After 32 Years, Town Lifts Arcade Game Ban – Marshfield, Mass. has a lot to catch up on
- Scientists find sun’s ‘long-lost brother’ | The Space Reporter
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- May 14 – JPCJ
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Media Corner
- Animated short about a lazy guy in outer space
- The Weirdest Things You Never Knew About the Making Of Flash Gordon
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