Episode 653: About that UFO I saw the other day

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On This Day In History for October 20, 2021

This is the 293rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 72 days remaining in 2021.

  • It was on this date in 1961, that The Soviet Union performed the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine
  • On October 20, 1973, The Sydney Opera House was opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction
  • Also today in 2003, The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structure known to humanity, was discovered by students at Princeton University.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

  • English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul’s Cathedral, Christopher Wren, born on this date in 1632.
  • Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer was born on that same date in 1950.
  • Also turning 63 today is American-Danish actor and producer Viggo Mortensen.
  • Also born on that same date in 1964,  American politician and lawyer, 49th Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris.
  • American computer scientist and engineer, founded Slackware, Patrick Volkerding, born on this date in 1966.

Listener Birthdays

  • 20 – Mike from near Des Moines, Iowa
  • 21 – Daniel Ebdrup Jensen (D. Ebdrup)
  • 21 – Justin Diehl (nulloperations)
  • 22 – Zach – zml2008
  • 22 – Cassandra Therrien (Canada)
  • 25 – Mad Marv – spelled “K – Y – L – E” but pronounced “Marv”. Hope that helps
  • 25 – HMNSHLD
  • 25 – BritOnTour (Jason)
  • 25 – Scott (Minneapolis)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October  20, 2021

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

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