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| 2009-03-05 | |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 We take US287 from Amarillo to Decatur, Texas, when we go back to Louisiana to visit relatives. My daughter never commented until she saw the movie, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", which was supposed to have taken place in Goodnight, TX. Not much of a town left. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-03-05 13:13 |
| #5 December it was, not March. A long, long time ago. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-03-05 03:31 |
| #4 Then it was Flopnik on 6 March 1957 that I remembered. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-03-05 03:27 |
| #3 Explorer 2's fourth stage failed to ignite... it didn't blow up on the pad. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2009-03-05 03:14 |
| #2 I remember watching the live coverage of Explorer 2 on the newly installed TVs in our classroom. We were disappointed when it blew up on the pad, but we were also aware that the Soviets would never have dared to put their launches on live TV. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-03-05 01:23 |
| #1 Happy Birthday: Charles Goodnight - died 1929 (93) "Texas Cattleman, Invented the Chuckwagon" (Now) Zhou Enlai - died 1976 (77) "Premier of the People's Republic of China" (Now) Virginia Christine - died 1996 (76) "Mrs. Olsen, Folgers Coffee" (Now) Jack Cassidy - died 1976 (49) "The Eiger Sanction" (Now) Dean Stockwell - 73 "Dune as Dr. Yueh." (Now) Samantha Eggar - 70 "The Collector" (Now) Elaine Paige - 61 "Grizabella in Cats" (Now) Teena Marie - 53 "Motown, 'It Must Be Magic'" (Now) Niki Taylor - 33 "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model" (Now) This Day in History: 1836 - Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber. 1872 - George Westinghouse patents the air brake. (Unions would have protested loss of brakeman's jobs) 1933 - Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions. (What, no bailout?) 1946 - Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri. (When British leaders used to have a spine) 1958 - Explorer 2 spacecraft launches and fails to reach Earth orbit. (Renamed "Civil Service', can't fire it and can't get it to work) |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2009-03-05 00:34 |
