On this day in history.

[zstairlessone]

Wikitravel:

In the 1980s, the aging highway was decommissioned. Much of its stretch had been overlaid or routed around by broader, newer interstate highways. But the embedded idea of Route 66 refuses to die – as demonstrated by the 2006 Disney/Pixar movie Cars – and thousands of kicks-seekers continue to follow the remnants of the road from Chicago to Los Angeles to this day.

I have friends that have travelled to Detroit to pick up new Camaros and Challengers and travelled back on the old 66. Still a great trip and they brought back a lot of fabulous pictures.

 

[J. A.]

June 28, 1914: Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife are assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I.


June 28, 1926: Mel Brooks, American actor, director, producer, and writer, is born (Melvin James Kaminsky).





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Brooks

 

[Richard Brown]

I have friends that have travelled to Detroit to pick up new Camaros and Challengers and travelled back on the old 66. Still a great trip and they brought back a lot of fabulous pictures.

A work colleague ticked off one from his bucket list. He and his wife hired a Harley Davidson to travel a good portion of Route 66. Their holiday was for 2 weeks.

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What fun that must have been!

 

[scifan57]

June 28, 1953; the first Corvette is assembled at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan. It was one of only 300 Corvettes made that year.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1954_Corvette.jpg

 

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Yum!!!

 

[J. A.]

June 29, 2004: The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.





Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4179_Toutatis

 

[zstairlessone]

A work colleague ticked off one from his bucket list. He and his wife hired a Harley Davidson to travel a good portion of Route 66. Their holiday was for 2 weeks.

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Very brave of them. I know so many people that won't travel 60 miles down the hill in their car, I will never understand that.

 

[J. A.]

June 30, 1912: The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event.

1908: a powerful explosion occurs in a forest area in Russia, better known as Tunguska event
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event

 

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June 30, 1912: The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event.

1908: a powerful explosion occurs in a forest area in Russia, better known as Tunguska event
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event

Thanks, Johanna, that was a very interesting read! I really enjoyed it!

 

[J. A.]

Thanks, Johanna, that was a very interesting read! I really enjoyed it!

My pleasure.

 

[J. A.]

July 1, 1908: SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.

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

 

[J. A.]

July 2, 1714: Christoph Willibald Gluck, German classical composer, is born.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Willibald_Gluck

 

[scifan57]

July 2, 1937; the Lockheed aircraft carrying Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan is reported missing in the vicinity of Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean.

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earhart_and_electra.jpeg

 

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July 2, 1937; the Lockheed aircraft carrying Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan is reported missing in the vicinity of Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean.

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

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=44405"/> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earhart_and_electra.jpeg

Hi scifan! I don't know what it is about that journey - it makes me so very sad it brings tears to my eyes. Thanks for posting it! Now there was one courageous woman! Beauty and Brains!