|
|
Post by BillG on Oct 26, 2020 0:20:04 GMT -5
Who knew??? On October 26, 1825, The Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.
 
|
|
|
|
Post by johnmori on Oct 26, 2020 5:23:48 GMT -5
Who knew???
October 26, 1958
Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
|
|
soutxed
Champion Member
Posts: 5,202
|
Post by soutxed on Oct 26, 2020 10:11:17 GMT -5
On October 26th, 1774, the First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.
|
|
|
|
Post by sandipaws on Oct 26, 2020 22:21:27 GMT -5
Who Knew???
|
|
|
|
Post by johnmori on Oct 27, 2020 4:01:42 GMT -5
Who knew???
October 27, 1961
NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
|
|
|
|
Post by MidnightSun on Oct 27, 2020 4:03:49 GMT -5
A meteor exploded over Earth with the force of 10 atomic bombs and everyone missed it.
A meteor hit our atmosphere on Dec. 18, 2018, and exploded with a force that was 10 times the energy of the
Hiroshima atomic bomb, it wasn't discovered by NASA scientists until after the fact.
Who knew?
|
|
|
|
Post by BillG on Oct 27, 2020 5:48:41 GMT -5
Who knew??? On October 27, 1938 Du Pont announced "nylon" as the name for its new synthetic yarn.
 
|
|
|
|
Post by sandipaws on Oct 27, 2020 22:45:11 GMT -5
Who Knew???
|
|
|
|
Post by MidnightSun on Oct 28, 2020 1:20:58 GMT -5
Louisiana is home to a rare pink dolphin. Pinky was seen in 2007, again in 2015, and in 2018 while mating. Despite the fact that fishermen have apparently seen her swimming with baby dolphins, they're not sure if she's their mother — especially since no news of any pink baby dolphins has surfaced.
Who knew?
|
|
|
|
Post by johnmori on Oct 28, 2020 4:49:56 GMT -5
Who knew???
October 28, 1886
US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
|
|
|
|
Post by BillG on Oct 28, 2020 6:42:03 GMT -5
Who knew??? On October 28, 1636, Harvard University, the oldest institute of higher learning in the United States, was founded by The Massachusetts Bay Colony.
 
|
|
soutxed
Champion Member
Posts: 5,202
|
Post by soutxed on Oct 28, 2020 8:58:04 GMT -5
On Oct. 28, 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba; in return, the U.S. secretly agreed to remove nuclear missiles from U.S. installations in Turkey.
|
|
|
|
Post by MidnightSun on Oct 28, 2020 15:03:06 GMT -5
Many during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, inc/me as a wee lad, thought the end of the world was just minutes away from tens of thousands of nuclear missiles launched from land based ICBMs, from subs on both sides. Plus bomber air drops. The thought bothered me then, and it still does.
|
|
|
|
Post by MidnightSun on Oct 28, 2020 15:04:36 GMT -5
Many during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, inc/me as a wee lad, thought the end of the world was just minutes away from tens of thousands of nuclear missiles launched from land based ICBMs, from subs on both sides. Plus bomber air drops. The thought bothered me then, and it still does. Global thermonuclear war is ever so final. (Am shaking my head.) Not just the massive megaton blasts that annihilate. The radioactive fallout lingers as it circles the globe. About a year, near ground zero.
This is minimal compared to other causes: disease, starvation, and exposure, causing incurable cancers.
Newborns will be hideously deformed. Odds are they will die unable to produce normal offspring.
Humanity will cease to exist. As we know it.
God forbid.
  |
|
|
|
Post by sandipaws on Oct 28, 2020 22:43:33 GMT -5
Who Knew???
 National Cat Day on October 29th is the purrfect day to give extra attention to your feline friends.
Cats make excellent companions. They rarely miss you, but when they do, you sure know it. Awareness days such as this one urge pet lovers to adopt from a local shelter. The day also reminds us that neutering and spaying our furry companions helps reduce the abandoned population.
|
|
