On this day in history.

[scifan57]

November 30, 1835; Samuel Clemens is born in Florida, Missouri. He later gained fame under the pen name, Mark Twain.

 

[scifan57]

December 1, 1990; shortly after 11am, local time, tunnel workers drilled a car sized opening in a wall or rock, linking Britain with the mainland for the first time since the last ice age. The age of the Chunnel had begun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Course_Channeltunnel_en.svg

 

[scifan57]

December 1, 1913; Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the production of complete automobiles. It reduced assembly time for his cars from 12 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

In 1972, "Via Galactica" an experiment in science fiction theatre, closed after only 7 performances at the Uris theatre in N.Y.C.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Galactica

Obviously, we in the "Colonial Players" troupe, were way ahead of our time.

AA

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[tlbaker]

I didn't know this thread was here. I will have to post. Yay

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[Roy Rob]

On this day in 1927 the new Model A Ford was introduced to the American public.

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[scifan57]

December 02, 1942; Enrico Fermi produces and controls the first nuclear chain reaction in his laboratory beneath the stands at Stagg field at the University of Chicago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Pile-1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stagg_Field_reactor.jpg

 

[Roy Rob]

On this day in 1979, Eleven are dead and eight injured in a mad rush to see a rock band (The Who) at a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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[scifan57]

December 03, 1967; Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first human heart transplant. The operation took place at Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Barnard

 

[tlbaker]

On this day in 1979, Eleven are dead and eight injured in a mad rush to see a rock band (The Who) at a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Sad....


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[Roy Rob]

Sad.... dde22dde22dde22dde22

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Sad indeed!

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[Roy Rob]

1965 - Gemini 7 (Borman & Lovell) launched.

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[scifan57]

December 04, 1872; the Mary Celeste is spotted by the Dei Gratia, a British brig under the command of Captain David Morehouse, sailing erratically under full sail. Upon boarding the ship, the Mary Celeste was found to be abandoned, but with ful supplies of food and water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste

 

[Roy Rob]

December 04, 1872; the Mary Celeste is spotted by the Dei Gratia, a British brig under the command of Captain David Morehouse, sailing erratically under full sail. Upon boarding the ship, the Mary Celeste was found to be abandoned, but with ful supplies of food and water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste

Cylons?


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[Richard Brown]

Dave Brubeck died today, aged 91. He was a progressive jazz musician.

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