On this day in history.

[J. A.]

April 24, 1990: STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery. Shuttle mission STS-31 lifts off, carrying Hubble into orbit.





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[Gabriel1]

He also died on the same date.

I'm sure that it was some years later...........?

The Archangel

 

[KevinJS]

I'm sure that it was some years later...........?

The Archangel

53 of them, I believe.

 

[scifan57]

April 24, 1982; Jane Fonda releases her first Workout video.

 

[J. A.]

April 25, 1983: Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.

 

[zstairlessone]

Sorry so late, today was ANZAC day for all you Down Underers (is underers a word). This isn't something to make light of, I think it was the first Time as a federal state (or the equivalent) that these two countries entered the war when they landed in Gallipoli in like 1915. I remember seeing a movie about Gallipoli when I was young. Hats off and a salute to all the veterans down there for helping keep the world a little bit safer!!

 

[J. A.]

April 26, 1803: Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European science that meteors exist.

 

[The OB]

Sorry so late, today was ANZAC day for all you Down Underers (is underers a word). This isn't something to make light of, I think it was the first Time as a federal state (or the equivalent) that these two countries entered the war when they landed in Gallipoli in like 1915. I remember seeing a movie about Gallipoli when I was young. Hats off and a salute to all the veterans down there for helping keep the world a little bit safer!!

Yes that was an almost impossible campaign to fight by the Australians and New Zealanders. Thanks to the generals who, like at Omaha beach in Normandy, decided in their wisdom that the best place to attack was at the base of cliffs, hard to scale, and where the enemy could rain down murderous fire. And yet both armies distinguished themselves in incredible bravery.


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[J. A.]

April 27, 1810: Beethoven composes "Für Elise".

 

[zstairlessone]

1124 - David I becomes King of Scots

1904 - The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson

1945 - 2nd Republic of Austria forms

And in 1960 - 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee SSN-597).
She had 4 turbines, 2 to produce electric power for electricity and 2 to produce power to drive the main shaft for propulsion. She also had, I believe, a 20MW thermal (around 2 to 3 MW electrical) nuclear power plant designed by Combustion Engineering for the USN. She was decommissioned June 25, 1988.

 

[J. A.]

April 28, 1947: Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.

 

[Richard Brown]

April 28, 1947: Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.

The Kon-Tiki story is an inspirational one of adventure. The book is well worth reading.

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[scifan57]

April 28, 1789; most of the crew of H.M.S. Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian rise in mutiny against captain Bligh and 18 loyal crew members.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny_on_the_Bounty

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

 

[zstairlessone]

In 1914 a methane explosion occurred in Eccles West Virginia. The second worst mining accident in WV history, it is believed to have started when a miner's headlamp was exposed to a pocket of methane setting off the explosion, causing other pockets to go up as well. There is a question of whether it was 183 or 186 people lost, and this explosion helped unionize mine workers.

 

[zstairlessone]

In 1924 in Benwood, West Virginia, there was another methane explosion at a coal mine. This one caused the deaths of a little over a hundred people.