On this Day in History.....

[Wdhitch]

Originally Posted by Bum-bling-B

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.

Count me in... along with whatever else I can get to.... I'm going to be in heaven that weekend... may not come home..




mmmmmm....... Nichols......

[smart fortimo]

On this date 09 OCT

Washington Monument opens to public 1888
John Lennon b. Liverpool, England 1940
France abolishes capital punishement 1981
The London Eye erected 1999
POTUS Barack Obama receives Nobel Peace Prize 2009

[rolly]

680 Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom
1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)
1446 Korean Hangual alphabet devised
1635 Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony
1701 Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven
1776 Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay
1820 Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador
1837 Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100
1855 Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope
1876 1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires
1877 American Humane Association organized in Cleveland

1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Red-Headed League"
1903 11" rainfall in 24 hrs (NYC)
1910 Nap Lajoie challenges Ty Cobb batting avg with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown's 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won
1915 Woodrow Wilson becomes 1st pres to attend a world series game (World Series #12)
1916 Babe Ruth pitches & wins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1
1921 Babe Ruth's 1st WS homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
1928 NY Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 HR in game - NY Yankees become 1st to sweep consecutive World Series
1930 1st transcontinental flight by a woman completed, Laura Ingalls
1934 St Louis Cards beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3 in 31st World Series
1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA
1938 Cleveland Browns & Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game
1938 NY Yankees sweep Cubs in the 35th World Series, 3rd straight WS win
1944 St Louis Cards beat St Louis Browns, 4 games to 2 in 41st World Series
1946 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50
1947 1st telephone conversation between a moving car & a plane
1949 NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in 46th World Series
1951 Gil McDougald's world series grand slam helps Yanks beat Giants 13-1 (World Series #48)
1958 NY Yankees beat Braves 4 games to 3 in 55th World Series - NY Yankees appear in 9 & win 7 of last 10 World Series
1960 Cowboy QB Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2")
1961 NY Yankees beat Cin Reds, 4 games to 1 in 58th World Series
1961 Tanganyika becomes independent within the British Commonwealth
1961 Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic)
1961 Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning
1962 NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m
1963 Uganda becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth
1965 Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
1966 Balt Orioles sweep LA Dodgers, in 63rd World Series
1968 Government seizes oil fields in Peru
1969 Supremes release "Someday We'll Be Together"
1970 Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence
1973 Elvis & Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years
1973 Warriors-Cavalier game in Cleveland postponed because of wet floors
1974 Wash Caps begin a 37 game road losing streak
1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to NY Rangers at MSG
1975 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF
1975 Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize
1976 Yanks 1st AL Championship game, beat Royals 4-1
1977 Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock
1977 Yanks rally for 3 in 9th & beat Royals 5-3 for pennant #31
1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn)
1980 Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot
1983 4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma
1984 Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st US woman to walk in space
1986 Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, became 12th NHLer to score 500 goals
1986 Senate convicted US District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him the 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment
1988 Dennis Eckersley, 1st to save all 4 games in a championship series
1989 Penthouse Magazine's hebrew edition hits the newstands
1989 1st NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his LA Raiders beat NY Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football
1990 Radio stations around the world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon

[NCC1701]

Originally Posted by Bum-bling-B

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.

Last year, the SR-71 made a handy canopy for the bikers, as I recall. It would've been difficult to get a car in there for a photo.

[Kermit]

Originally Posted by NCC1701

Last year, the SR-71 made a handy canopy for the bikers, as I recall. It would've been difficult to get a car in there for a photo.

Photo op is after the show. Generally we let people drive next to their favorite plane and take a pic with their car by it.

This I gotta go find a copy of...............

1989 Penthouse Magazine's hebrew edition hits the newstands

[BigWarpGuy]

Air Force Armament Museum
Is this the one?

[Wdhitch]

Yep!!!!! Best museum in FLA!!!

[Kermit]

Originally Posted by BigWarpGuy

Air Force Armament Museum
Is this the one?

That's the one.

Here's the thread about the show.
SMART show in Fort Walton Beach, FL on Oct. 24, 2009

Check it out.

We don't want to get this thread anymore off-track. Mods may slap our stubbies.

[Neonspinnazz]

Originally Posted by jetfuel

...WTH kind of name is that?

jet 2/3 and 1/8 fuel

Württemberg.

Please stop, I can't stop laughing!

[Suze]

Today is the anniversary of the most intense non-tropical storm to ever hit the lower 48.


Columbus Day Storm of 1962 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia