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  • A quick note about the passing of Jane Goodall
  • Talk about the Discord Server

Feedback* QOTW: If you had to permanently give up one category of modern technology, which one would you ditch and why?

On This Day In History for October 8, 2025This is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 84 days remaining in 2025.

  • It was on this date in 1645, that Jeanne Mance opened the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.
  • On October 8, 1829, the train Stephenson’s Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.
  • It was also this date in 1871 that Slash-and-burn land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong cold front caused the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires to break out.
  • October 8, 1921, KDKA in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field conducted the first live broadcast of a football game.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

  • English physician, John Clarke, born on this date in 1609.
  • Born October 8, 1715, French scientist and missionary Michel Benoist.
  • German pianist, composer, and physicist, Salomon Kalischer was born 180 years ago today.
  • Born October 8, 1872, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer Mary Engle Pennington.
  • Danish chemist and astronomer, Ejnar Hertzsprung was born 152 years ago today.
  • American pilot and engineer, Robert R. Gilruth, born on this date in 1913.
  • Also born on that same date in 1939, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter, Paul Hogan.
  • American comedian, actor, and screenwriter, Chevy Chase, born on this date in 1943.

Listener Birthdays

  • 9 – Itsuko Rumpke (sounds like IT SUE-Koe)
  • 9 – Mario (New Jersey)
  • 10 – Victor Cajiao
  • 10 – Garrett Riffal
  • 11 – Bruce Barr
  • 13 – Jason Schwanz

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 8, 2025

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

News* James Webb telescope captures its first direct image of a glowing exoplanet the size of Saturn | Daily Mail Online * Space Startup Wants to Deliver Cargo Anywhere on Earth in One Hour * Move Over Messi: China’s New Robot Soccer League Is Wild!

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Remember When* The Internet We Didn’t Get | Hackaday * Ants Trapped For Years in a Soviet Nuclear Bunker Survived in The Most Horrifying Way : ScienceAlert

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