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On This Day In History for March 10, 2021
This is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 296 days remaining in 2021.
- It was on this date in 1876, that The first successful test of a telephone was made by Alexander Graham Bell.
- 130 years ago today, Almon Strowger patented the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- It was on this date in 1977, that Astronomers discovered the rings of Uranus.
- Also on March 10, 2000, The Dot-com bubble peaked with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.
- On March 10, 2006, The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived on Mars.
- The World Health Organization officially announces the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. on this date in 2020.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- German-Dutch alchemist and chemist, Johann Rudolf Glauber, born on this date in 1604.
- Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet’s Coffee & Tea was born on that same date in 1920.
- American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Val Logsdon Fitch, born on this date in 1923.
- Also born on that same date in 1956, English actor, producer, and screenwriter, Robert Llewellyn.
- American actress and producer, Sharon Stone is 63 today.
- Born March 10, 1961, American captain, physician, and astronaut Laurel Clark.
Listener Birthdays
- 7 – Ben Maddox a.k.a. CptRootbeer
- 7 – Caleb from Dancing With Elephants
- 8 – Ali Zein Yousuf a.k.a. superAL1394
- 8 – BJ Keifer a.k.a bjk
- 11 – Andy Helsby of Absoblogginlutely!
- 11 – Ken Kitzman a.k.a kitzken
- 13 – Johanna Gonzalez a.k.a. MightyJo
- 14 – Pi Day (3/14)
- 16 – Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 17, 2021
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News
- Mars rover’s giant parachute carried secret message
- Photos of Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie and others come alive (creepily), thanks to AI | Live Science
- Warp Drive Is No Longer Science Fiction | IE
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Remember When
- Knight Rider Semi Found In Idaho After Being Abandoned For 15 Years (motor1.com)
- The Frazetta Buck Rogers Comic Book Covers that Influenced Star Wars
- Scientists find way to read priceless letters sealed 300 years ago and never opened – CNN Style
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- Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (Netflix)
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Question of the week:
- The last thing you Googled is what kills you. So, how do you die?
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