Summary: Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * Mister Rogers<br> * Starcraft<br> * Home Automation<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="http://wp.me/pe53l-1jH">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for May 24, 2017<br><br> This is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 221 days remaining in 2017.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 1595, that Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.<br> * It was also this date in 1607 that 100 English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first English colony in America..<br> * Also on May 24, 1830, “Mary Had a Little Lamb” by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.<br> * Also today in 1844, Samuel Morse sends the message “What hath God wrought” (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate the first telegraph line..<br> * It was 87 years ago today, that Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight)..<br> * On May 24, 1935, The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field..<br> * Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight on this date in 1940.<br> * It was 59 years ago today, that United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.<br> * Also today in 1962, American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule as part of Project Mercury.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * English physician, physicist, astronomer, and natural philosopher, William Gilbert, born on this date in 1544.<br> * Born May 24, 1686, German-Polish physicist and engineer Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.<br> * American broadcasting businessman, magazine and newspaper publisher, Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., was born on this date in 1895.<br> * Canadian-American comedian, actor, writer, director, activist and musician, Tommy Chong, born on this date in 1938.<br> * American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist, Bob Dylan is 76 today.<br> * Actor, Gary Burghoff, born on this date in 1943.<br> * American singer-songwriter and actress, Patti LaBelle is 73 today.<br> * Actress and businesswoman, Priscilla Presley, was born on this date in 1945.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1974, German biochemist and MediaWiki developer, Magnus Manske.<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 May 24, 2017<br><br> News<br> <br> * From Donna: <a href="http://kotaku.com/guy-finds-starcraft-source-code-and-returns-it-to-blizz-1794897125">guy finds Starcraft source code and returns it</a><br> * <a href="http://gizmodo.com/that-alien-megastructure-star-is-freaking-out-again-1795385620">That ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Is Freaking Out Again</a><br> * <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/19/tech-companies-are-trying-to-crush-mom-and-pop-repair-shops/">Tech companies are trying to crush mom-and-pop repair shops</a><br> <br> Hacks & Strange Stories<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/18/3d-printed-ovaries-mice/">3D-printed ovaries successfully produce healthy mice pups</a><br> <br> Shout out to the chat room<br><br> What us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat!<br>
