Summary: Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * Suds in the Tub<br> * NASA<br> * Mech Warrior is Happening!<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="http://wp.me/pe53l-1ip">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for January 11, 2017<br> This is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining in 2017.<br> <br> * The first recorded lottery in England was on this date in 1569<br> * It was also this date in 1759 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.<br> * William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus on this date in 1787.<br> * That same date in 1908, Grand Canyon National Monument is created.<br> * It was 95 years ago today, that saw the first use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.<br> * Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California on this date in 1927.<br> * January 11, 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.<br> * 68 years ago today, the first “networked” television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and midwest programming.<br> * It was 53 years ago today, that Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., then Surgeon General of the United States, publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.<br> * It was also this date in 1986 that The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane Queensland Australia is officially opened.<br> * January 11, 1996, STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * English engineer and architect, Samuel Bentham, born on this date in 1757.<br> * English physicist, Joseph Jackson Lister was born 231 years ago today.<br> * Born January 11, 1788, English chemist and academic William Thomas Brande.<br> * Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer was born on that same date in 1800.<br> * American businessman and philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University, Ezra Cornell, born on this date in 1807.<br> * Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish mathematician and physicist was born on that same date in 1845.<br> * Born January 11, 1872, American physicist and academic G. W. Pierce.<br> * Swiss chemist and discoverer of LSD, Albert Hofmann was born 111 years ago today.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1925, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises, Grant Tinker.<br> * Lev Dyomin, the Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut was born 91 years ago today.<br> * American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress, Matt Mullenweg is 33 today.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> * 14 – Glynne Tolar<br> * 15 – Ralph Whitfield (aka Goofy Ralph)<br> * 17 – fuffy_frog (aka Kristina) from Canada<br> <br> <br> * If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href="http://technorama.wikifoundry.com/">Wiki</a>.<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 11, 2017<br> News<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/01/korea-mech-robot-first-steps/">Watch Korea’s mech take its first steps with a pilot on board</a><br> * <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/proof-life-mars-alien-enthusiasts-9528052">Is this proof of life on Mars? Alien enthusiasts find ‘SPOON’ in NASA images of the Red Planet – Mirror Online</a><br>
