A day the will live in infamy

On December 7 in the year:
1787 Delaware ratifies the Constitution and becomes the first of the United States

1842 New York Philharmonic plays first concert

1917 US becomes the 13th country to declare war on Austria in World War I

1934 Pilot Wiley Post discovers the jet stream

1941 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii is bombed by Japanese causing US to enter World War II

1972 Last US moon mission begins when Apollo 17 is launched at Cape Canaveral

St. Nicholas Day

On December 6th in the year:

1768 The first edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica is published in Scotland
1833 Darwin departs Rio de la Plata on the Beagle

1849 Harriet Tubman escapes slavery in Maryland

1882 Atmosphere of Venus is discovered during transit
1922 First constitution of the Irish Free State comes into effect

Today's happenings

On November 30th in the year:

1731 Beijing earthquake kills 100,000

1776 Captain Cooks starts his third and last journey to the South Seas (Pacific)

1864 Battle of Franklin (TN) Confederate attack fails and there are 7,700 casualties

1924 First photo facsimile transmitted across the Atlantic

1931 Crystal Palace in London's Hyde Park destroyed by fire

1988 Cyclone in Bangladesh kills 317

Today in history

On November 29 in the year:

1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army moves into Manchester and occupies Carlisle

1775 Sir Jame Jay invents invisible ink

1890 First Army-Navy football game played at West Point--Navy 24 Army 0

1934 The first national broadcast of an NFL game on radio. Chicago19-Detroit 16

1949 Uranium mine explosion in East Germany kills 3700

What happened on this date

On November 28 in:

1520 Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean

1582 Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway

1775 The Second Continental Congress establishes the US Navy (who would beat the pants off Notre Dame football team in three overtimes in 2007)

1776 George Washington crosses the Delaware

1895 America's first auto race begins--6 cars--55 miles--winner's average speed 7 mph

Not such a good day

On Novembre 9 in:



1872 1,000 buildings were destroyed by a fire in Boston



1913 Eight ore carriers were sunk in the Great Lakes during the Freshwater Fury storm



1915 Italian liner Ancona was sunk by German torpedoes killing 272



1932 Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur in Cuba, killing 2,500 people

1963 Coal-dust explosion kills 450 in Japan

Moving right along in 2.0

Well, I got Rss feeds reader set up and I copied my favorite sites from bloglines to iGoogle so I only have to go to one place to read by favorite feeds. I can even stay current with my favorite comic strips using a feed from a Seattle newspaper. There is so much out there, it is hard to comprehend
I finished the explore Google part of 2.0. I was amazed to see all the gadgets available on Google, everything from recipes to medical advice, to online music sources to puzzles and games. I added quite a few gadgets to my iGoogle page including the Irish libraries site where libraries across Ireland post photos of their libraries.
I set up an account on Flickr and will have to upload some photos from my digital camera when I get home. I have a photo management account at Webshots, but I think Flickr has some features that are easier to use so I will begin archiving photos there.
It's interesting to learn about the new technology that is available for the world to use to get organized, speak your mind and learn about new things.

Another feed I like is a New Urban Legend site that posts the newest urban legends and tells you whether they are true or not.

Wacky history

On October 30th in:
1739 The War of Jenkin's Ear begins when England declares war on Spain

1888 The ball point pen is patented by John J. Loud

1938 Orson Welles scares the pants off half the nation with his broadcast
of War of the Worlds

1948 6,000 people get sick and 20 die from smog in Donora, PA

1952 Clarence Birdseye sells the first frozen peas

Weird history

On October 26 in:

1492 First use of lead pencils

1662 Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France

1901 First use of a get-away car used in Paris robbery

1917 Felix the Cat is born

1991 Lori Rae Matthews crushed to death by artist's 485 pound umbrella

Today's ladies in history

October 25

1892 First Lady, Caroline Harrison dies.

1912 Sarah Ophelia Colley aka Minnie Pearl is born

1924 "Little Orphan Annie" begins publication.

1928 Actress Marion Ross (Happy Days)is born.

1981 Allison Roe wins the New York City Marathon 2:25:29

Checking blogs

I read some interesting blogs from the ACPL blogs. Delia-is-rambling had a very interesting sports statistic which she found using PERSI. Curt's genealogy blog has some great places to visit to find information about your family's history.

What the ladies did on this day in history

October 18

1893 Lucy Blackwell Stone, abolitionist and suffragette dies

1927 Kathrine Fanning, editor of the Christian Science Monitor is born

1956 Olympic athlete, Martina Navratilova is born

1970 Kathy Withworth wins the LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
1982 Former First Lady, Bess Truman, dies in Independence, MO at
age 97

Ladies of the day

On October 17th

1910 Julia Ward Howe the composer of the Battle Hymn of the Republic died at age 91.

1918 Actress Rita Hayworth was born.

1959 Queen Elizabeth of England was fined $140 for withdrawing her horse from a race.

1979 Mother Theresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor in Calcutta.

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