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On This Day In History for October 6, 2021
This is the 279th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days remaining in 2021.
- It was on this date in 1927, that saw the Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent “talkie” movie
- 44 years ago today, The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9 -01, made its maiden flight
- It was on this date in 1995, that The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, was discovered
- On October 6, 2007, Jason Lewis completed the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth
- That same date in 2010, Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, was founded
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- German navigator and geographer, Martin Behaim, born on this date in 1459.
- Born October 6, 1846, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company George Westinghouse.
- Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony, Reginald Fessenden was born 155 years ago today.
- Meghnad Saha, the Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic was born 128 years ago today.
- Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Ernest Walton, born on this date in 1903.
- Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic was born on that same date in 1908.
- Italian automobile designer, Orazio Satta Puliga was born 111 years ago today.
- Riccardo Giacconi, the Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate was born 90 years ago today.
- Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer was born on that same date in 1931.
- American computer scientist and academic, Sheila Greibach is 82 today.
- American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Kevin Cronin, born on this date in 1951.
- Also born on that same date in 1978, Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang.
Listener Birthdays
- 6 – John Deurholt (Jo Dho)
- 9 – Itsuko Rumpke (sounds like IT SUE-Koe)
- 9 – Mario (New Jersey)
- 10 – Victor Cajiao
- 10 – Garrett Riffal
- 11 – Bruce Barr
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 17, 2021
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
- AI can predict if it will rain in two hours’ time – BBC News
- Comet as large as small planet barreling toward solar system
- Astronomers May Have Discovered the First Known Planet to Orbit 3 Stars
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