Episode 806: My Lord, There is Plutonium in the Kmart Parking Lot!

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On This Day In History for June 10, 2026

This is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 204 days remaining in 2026.

  • It was on this date in 1793, that The Jardin des Plantes museum opened in Paris. A year later, it became the first public zoo.
  • Also today in 1829, The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge took place on the Thames in London.
  • That same date in 1854, The United States Naval Academy graduated its first class of students.
  • It was 91 years ago today that Dr. Robert Smith took his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
  • That same date in 1947, Saab produced its first automobile.
  • It was also this date in 2002 that the first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans was carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
  • The Spirit rover was launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission on this date in 2003.
  • It was also this date in 2018 that Opportunity rover sent its last message back to Earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

  • Persian mathematician and astronomer, Abu al-Wafa’ Buzjani, born on this date in 940.
  • Swedish physician and explorer, Carl Gustaf Ekeberg was born 310 years ago today.
  • Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist was born on that same date in 1804.
  • Born June 10, 1922, American actress and singer Judy Garland.
  • German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic, Friedrich L. Bauer, born on this date in 1924.
  • James McDivitt, the American general, pilot, and astronaut was born 97 years ago today.
  • Born June 10, 1932, French mathematician and academic Pierre Cartier.
  • German computer scientist and academic, Susanne Albers is 61 today.

Listener Birthdays

  • 10 – Weber (BTW June 10 – AA was founded 1935)
  • 15 – Miss Eliza Sea from Wingin’ It 3D
  • 16 – Joe Edmisson
  • 16 – Jason from The Angry Geek

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 10, 2026

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