On this Day in History.. 303 – On a voyage preaching the gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France 1513 – Vasco Nunez de Balboa becomes the first European to lay eyes on the Pacific Ocean 1639 – The first printing press in America begins operations 1861 – Secretary of US Navy authorizes the enlistment of slaves? 1906 – In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the Telekino in the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the remote control 1911 – Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park 1924 – Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH 1936 – Joe Medwick sets a still-standing NL record with his 64th double 1939 – The Versailles Peace Treaty forgets to include Andorra, so Andorra & Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I 1957 – 300 US Army troops guard 9 black students return to Central HS in Little Rock Arkansas 1960 – Chubby Checker’s “Twist,” hits #1 1965 – The Beatles’ cartoon show begins in the US 1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in as the 1st female US supreme court justice 1992 – Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins the right to divorce his parents and live with his foster parents 1997 – Britain’s Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (714 mph) 2003 – A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore of Hokkaidō, Japan #landspeedrecords #fenwaypark #remotecontrol #baseball #segregation #ussupremecourt #usnavalhistory johnfsapp.wordpress/
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:26:20 +0000
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