Episode 633: What’s your Boggle?

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On This Day In History for March 17, 2021

This is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 289 days remaining in 2021.

• It was on this date in 1852, that Annibale De Gasparis discovered in Naples the asteroid Psyche from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte
• Also today in 1941, In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art was officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• On March 17, 1947, First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• Also today in 1950, Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announced the creation of element 98, which they name “californium”.
• Also on March 17, 1958, The United States launched the first solar-powered satellite, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit.
• On March 17, 1966, Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine found a missing American hydrogen bomb

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

• German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, Gottlieb Daimler, born on this date in 1834.
• Charles F. Brush, the American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp was born 172 years ago today.
• Born March 17, 1919, American singer, pianist, and television host Nat King Cole.
• James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut was born on that same date in 1930.
• English-American chemist and toxicologist, David Peakall was born 90 years ago today.
• American admiral, pilot, and astronaut, Ken Mattingly is 85 today.
• Also born on that same date in 1939,  English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe, Robin Knox-Johnston.
• American actor, director, and producer, Patrick Duffy is 72 today.
• American actor, director, and bass player, Gary Sinise, born on this date in 1955.
• Also born on that same date in 1964,  American actor and producer, Rob Lowe.

Listener Birthdays

• 18 – Gregory Lemon @ GregoryLemon.com
• 19 – JT Shea of The Gigcast and JT Ukes at 40
• 19 – Michael R. Mennenga
• 21 – Krazy Joe Fiore, MegaPodTasticand Honey, You’ve *GOT* to See This!
• 23 – Steve Riekeberg a.k.a. MissingIntellect of Geek Cred
• 23 – Richard Parkman

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 17, 2021

• If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.

News

• Inventor of cassette tape Lou Ottens passed away | Financial – Netherlands News Live
• Pigs show potential for ‘remarkable’ level of behavioral, mental flexibility in new study | EurekAlert! Science News
• NASA is naming the rocks and soil on Mars in the Navajo language – CNN
• Aging Hubble returns to operations after software glitch – SpaceNews
• Large asteroid to pass by Earth on March 21: NASA (phys.org)

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• What would 12 year-old you never believe about adult you?

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