On this Day in History.....

[Big Panda]

Originally Posted by Krootie

Great post. I remember when the daily paper included these lists - as well as many web sites.

Yea...I kind of remember NEWSPAPERS TOO!

Originally Posted by Bum-bling-B

Panda, it's the 8th now. You're supposed to update this thread every day from now on. It has now been said, make it so.

OMG...do I have to do it ALL?

[Kermit]

Originally Posted by Big Panda

OMG...do I have to do it ALL?

Yeeess. You started it.

[Chris Wurgler]

Originally Posted by yuckmoon

This day in History, in 1946, my mother was born

I had nothing to do with that,
I was barely 5
But ... Tell her Happy Birthday

[NCC1701]

October 9

1003 – Leif Erikson lands in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, becoming the first known European to reach North America.

1604 – Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.

1888 – The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.

1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.

1963 – In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.

1989 – An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.

1992 – A 13 kilogram (est.) fragment of the Peekskill meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu

1999 – The last flight of the SR-71.

2001 – Second mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attack.

2006 – North Korea allegedly tests its first nuclear device.

Born 1948 – Jackson Browne, American musician
Born 1941 – Trent Lott, American politician
Born 1940 – John Lennon, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 1980)


H O L I D A Y:
Leif Erikson Day – in United States, Iceland and Norway: celebrating the first European landing in North America

[rolly]

Originally Posted by NCC1701

October 9
H O L I D A Y:
Leif Erikson Day – in United States, Iceland and Norway: celebrating the first European landing in North America

Speaking of North America Up here in Edmonton we reached a high of 30ºF today. There is a skiff of Snow on the ground! Brrrrrrr

[NCC1701]

Originally Posted by rolly

Speaking of North America Up here in Edmonton we reached a high of 30ºF today. There is a skiff of Snow on the ground! Brrrrrrr

Maybe if we could mix your 30 with our 90 we'd come up with mutually agreeable 60º

[smart fortimo]

Still 08 OCT here...

Nick Bakay, American actor, voice actor, and comedian (b: October 8, 1959

[Big Panda]

Originally Posted by NCC1701

1999 – The last flight of the SR-71.

There are TWO of those 'parked' in front of where my daughter works. The aerial views of them are cool.

[Kermit]

Originally Posted by Big Panda

There are TWO of those (SR-71's) 'parked' in front of where my daughter works. The aerial views of them are cool.

For anyone in Florida, two weeks from now is our show in Fort Walton Beach. Anyone who wants a pic with their smartie under the wing of an SR-71 - PM me, I can make it happen. Only day I can get cars out on the grass to where they have it at the museum is October 24th.

[BigWarpGuy]

There is an SR-71 at the USS Intrepid Museum.

I saw it at the USS Intrepid Museum. I thought it would be bigger than it was. I think it is the coolest plane ever; IMO.