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Feedback* QOTW: A person from 1923 gets transported to the year 2023. What things will shock him/her the most?
On This Day In History for October 25, 2023This is the 298th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 67 days remaining in 2023.
- It was on this date in 1616, that Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog made the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast
- On October 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP, which became one of Microsoft’s most successful operating systems.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- German astronomer, Heinrich Schwabe, born on this date in 1789.
- Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, a German astronomer and geophysicist was born 198 years ago today.
- Austrian composer and educator, Johann Strauss II, born on this date in 1825.
- Born October 25, 1838, French pianist and composer Georges Bizet.
- Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archaeologist was born on that same date in 1856.
- American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Company, John Francis Dodge, born on this date in 1864.
- Born October 25, 1866, German composer Georg Schumann.
- Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer was born on that same date in 1877.
- American physicist and video game designer, William Higinbotham was born 113 years ago today.
- Minnie Pearl, the American entertainer and philanthropist was born 111 years ago today.
- Billy Barty, American actor was born on that same date in 1924.
- Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic, Peter Naur was born 95 years ago today.
- American actress, Marion Ross, born on this date in 1928.
- American soldier, pilot, and astronaut, Rusty Schweickart is 88 today.
- Also born on that same date in 1952, English computer scientist, mathematician, and academic, Wendy Hall.
- American voice actress Nancy Cartwright is 66 today.
- Also born on that same date in 1984, American singer-songwriter and actress, Katy Perry.
Listener Birthdays
- 25 – Scott (Minneapolis)
- 28 – Dylan Licata (San Antonio)
- 29 – Big Jim Clark, MegaPodTastic
- 30 – WolfGeek (Indiana)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 25, 2023
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News* Astronomers spot record-breaking radio signal that took 8 billion years to reach Earth: “Mind-blowing” – CBS News
Hacks & Strange Stories* Watch what happens when AI teaches a robot ‘hand’ to twirl a pen | Popular Science
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