Episode 660: To Fill a Star Cruiser

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On This Day In History for January 12, 2022

This is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days remaining in 2022.

• It was on this date in 1866, that The Royal Aeronautical Society was formed in London
• January 12, 1932, Hattie Caraway became the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
• It was on this date in 1967, that Dr. James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation
• 36 years ago today, Congressman Bill Nelson lifted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on Space Shuttle mission STS-61 -C as a payload specialist
• It was on this date in 1997, Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-81 to the Russian space station Mir, carrying astronaut Jerry M. Linenger for a four-month stay on board the station, replacing astronaut John E. Blaha.
• Nineteen European nations agreed to forbid human cloning on this date in 1998
• January 12, 2001, Downtown Disney opened to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California
• On January 12, 2004, The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, made its maiden voyage
• It was 17 years ago today, that Deep Impact launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
• January 12, 2007, Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught), the largest comet ever measured, was at its zenith, visible during the day

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

• Flemish chemist and physician, Jan Baptist van Helmont, born on this date in 1577.
• Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic was born on that same date in 1792.
• Born January 12, 1822, Belgian engineer, designed the internal combustion engine Étienne Lenoir.
• Italian mathematician, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, born on this date in 1853.
• American novelist and journalist, Jack London was born 146 years ago today.
• Born January 12, 1892, Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Russian Aircraft Corporation Mikhail Gurevich.
• Paul Hermann Müller, the Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 123 years ago today.
• Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic was born on that same date in 1903.
• Born January 12, 1905, American archeologist and academic James Bennett Griffin.
• Sergei Korolev, Russian colonel and engineer was born on that same date in 1907.
• Born January 12, 1916, American chemist and inventor Ruth R. Benerito.
• Rush Limbaugh, the American talk show host and author was born 71 years ago today.
• Also turning 71 today is American actress and producer Kirstie Alley.
• American radio host, actor, and author, Howard Stern, born on this date in 1954.
• Also turning 65 today is American animator, director, and producer John Lasseter.
• Also born on that same date in 1964,  American computer scientist and businessman, founded Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos.
• American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director, Rob Zombie is 57 today.

Listener Birthdays

• 3 – Thomas Gideon (The Command Line Podcast)
• 6 – Steve Therrien (Canada)
• 8 – Elvis!
• 9 – Lingo from the Brit & Yankee pubcast
• 14 – Glynne Tolar
• 15 – Ralph Whitfield (aka GoofyRalph)
• 17 – fuffy_frog (aka Kristina) originally from Canada but now from Thailand

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 12, 2022

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News

• InWith promises world’s first soft smart contact lens – CNET
• China’s Yutu 2 Finally Uncovers the Reality Behind the ‘Mystery Hut’ on the Moon (interestingengineering.com)

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• The Physics of Wile E. Coyote’s 10 Billion-Volt Electromagnet | WIRED
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