Summary: <br> Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * Famous Robots<br> * Brain Candy<br> * Luke Incarnate<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1lO">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for December 13, 2017<br> This is the 347th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 18 days remaining in 2017.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 1577, that Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.<br> * It was 89 years ago today, that George Gershwin’s An American in Paris is first performed.<br> * Also on December 13, 1962, NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.<br> * Also today in 1972, Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or “Moonwalk” of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * English chemist and academic, Robert Plot, born on this date in 1640.<br> * Born December 13, 1662, Italian astronomer and philosopher Francesco Bianchini.<br> * Franz Aepinus, the German astronomer and philosopher was born 293 years ago today.<br> * Born December 13, 1780, German chemist, invented the Döbereiner’s lamp Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner.<br> * Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens was born on that same date in 1816.<br> * 16th First Lady of the United States, Mary Todd Lincoln was born 199 years ago today.<br> * Danish feminist, novelist and telegraphist, Mathilde Fibiger, born on this date in 1830.<br> * Kristian Birkeland, the Norwegian physicist and author was born 150 years ago today.<br> * American mathematician, Annie Dale Biddle Andrews was born 132 years ago today.<br> * Born December 13, 1887, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic George Pólya.<br> * American actor, singer, and dancer, Dick Van Dyke, born on this date in 1925.<br> * Also turning 88 today is Canadian actor and producer Christopher Plummer.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1948, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor, Ted Nugent.<br> * American actor, Jamie Foxx, born on this date in 1967.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> * 07 – Peter aka Zzippster from the Zzipp and Co. Podcast, Weymouth, Dorset, UK<br> * 08 – DanDman<br> * 08 – Gydian (Michael H.)<br> * 09 – Steve Kite (BigUnit62)<br> * 12 – Deckrd<br> * 12 – Kevin Burns (Soleblaze)<br> * 12 – Matt Blocker <a href="http://www.thegiant.us/">TheGiant</a><br> * 12 – Rob Riehl (suriehl)<br> * 14 – Michael Spence from <a href="http://michaelspence.us/">Brother Osric’s Scriptorium</a><br> * 17 – <a href="http://www.blackdot.be/">Jorge Schrauwen</a><br> * 20 – Phil Burchill 42 this year (2015)! Ten years of listening to Technorama!<br> * 21 – James Ballard <a href="http://www.karaksindru.com/">KarakSindru</a><br> * 22 – Bo Pace<br> * 22 – Luke “Chuck’s Stalker” Smith (2000)<br> * 22 – Jason Pelloni, Tampa, FL<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 December 13, 2017<br> News<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mark-hamill-gave-family-a-terminally-ill-boy-an-emotional-beautiful-experience-1064432">Mark Hamill visited a sick child</a><br> * <a href="https://gizmodo.com/one-of-the-most-famous-movie-robots-of-all-time-just-so-1820676797">One of the Most Famous Movie Robots of All Time Just Sold for $5.4 Million</a><br> <br> Hacks & Strange Stories<br> <br> * <a href="http://geekologie."></a>
