Your Day in Pop Culture (Monday Feb. 11, 2013)

This Day in Pop Culture History
1938: The BBC produces the first science-fiction program, which was a portion of Karel Capek’s play R.U.R., which coined the term robots. It looks like we can blame the BBC for Michael Bay's Transformers movies ....
1942: Glenn Miller earns the first gold record for Chattanooga Choo Choo, yet he is still missing.

Famous People Have Birthdays Too
1847: Thomas Edison, inventor/Tesla nemesis
1909: Joseph Mankiewicz, director (Citizen Kane)
1919: Eva Gabor, actress (Green Acres, The Rescuers)
1926: Leslie Nielsen, actor (Airplane!, Naked Gun series)
1936: Burt Reynolds, actor (Deliverance, Smokey and the Bandit, Archer)
1962: Sheryl Crow, musician
1969: Jennifer Aniston, actress (Friends), may have mentioned she was once married to Brad Pitt a time or two
1979: Brandy, actress and singer (Moesha, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer)
1980: Matthew Lawrence, actor (Boys Meets World, Mrs. Doubtfire)
1992: Taylor Lautner, actor (Twilight series) and famous human-llama hybrid

Who's On What Tonight: Your Guide to Late-Night TV
CONAN: House of Lies' Don Cheadle, comedian Bill Burr, musician Ed Sheeran
LETTERMAN: Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue models, music group The Avett Brothers
KIMMEL: The Mindy Project's Mindy Kaling, icon Carl Reiner, music group Family of the Year
LENO: Lincoln's James Spader, Lior Suchard, music group Far East Movement
FALLON: Argo's John Goodman, former Syracuse Orange basketball player Carmelo Anthony, singer Gary Allan
FERGUSON: The Sound of Music's Julie Andrews, Grace Park