History of All Kinds

[DeaconKC]

Sept 7, 1932

First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.

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I think that should be 1942.

 

[migalyto]

I think that should be 1942.

Right you are. Went back and edited.

 

[TLOC]

Today is Tuesday, September 8, 2026

1664 - The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who then renamed it New York.

1952 - The Ernest Hemingway novel "The Old Man and the Sea" was published.

1960 - NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL, was dedicated by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The facility had been activated in July earlier that year.

1966 - NBC-TV aired the first episode of "Star Trek" entitled "The Man Trap". The show was canceled on September 2, 1969.

1986 - Herschel Walker made his start in the National Football League (NFL) after leaving the New Jersey Generals of the USFL.

1988 - Elton John sold some of his costumes and concert memorabilia at an auction in London for $6.2 million.

1998 - Mark McGwire, of the St. Louis Cardinals, hit his 62nd home run of the season. He had beaten a record that had stood for 37 years by Roger Maris. McGwire would eventually reach 70 home runs on September 27.

 

[migalyto]

Sept 8, 1930

American inventor Richard Gurley Drew invents Scotch tape.

 

[migalyto]

Sept 8m 1965

Small ads in Daily Variety and Hollywood Reporter attract 437 young men interested in forming the world’s first manufactured boy band, "The Monkees." Three are chosen, with British actor-singer Davy Jones already cast

 

[RhB Michael]

1998 - Mark McGwire, of the St. Louis Cardinals, hit his 62nd home run of the season. He had beaten a record that had stood for 37 years by Roger Maris. McGwire would eventually reach 70 home runs on September 27.

I was at Busch Stadium for that game with my wife at the time.

 

[migalyto]

Sept 9, 1956

Rock and Roll star Elvis Presley made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

 

[migalyto]

Sept 9, 1908

Orville Wright t makes the first hour-long airplane flight, lasting 62 minutes and 15 seconds at Fort Myer, Virginia.

 

[TLOC]

Today is Wednesday, September 9, 2026

The History of Today

1836 - Abraham Lincoln received his license to practice law.

1904 - Mounted police were used for the first time in the City of New York.

1926 - The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was created by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA).

1956 - Elvis Presley made his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show "Toast of the Town." He was shot from just the waist up during the performance. Elvis would make a total of three appearances on the show.

1965 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched the eighth perfect game in major-league baseball history.

1984 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears broke Jim Brown’s combined yardage record when he reached 15,517 yards.

 

[migalyto]

Sept 10, 2008

The Large Hadron collider, the world’s most powerful partial accelerator, conducted its first test operation

 

[migalyto]

Sept 10, 1846

Elias Howe takes out a US patent for a lockstitch sewing machine

 

[migalyto]

Sept 11, 1941

Construction began on the Pentagon, in Arlington county, Virginia; one of the largest office buildings in the world, it is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, including the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

 

[Kusojiji]

No kidding? 60 years before the attack? Wow!

 

[migalyto]

No kidding? 60 years before the attack? Wow!

I thought of that this morning as I posted this.

Kind of eerie isn't it?

 

[migalyto]

Sept 12, 1935

Howard Hughes flies his self-designed H-1 racer plane at a record speed of 352.46 mph (567 km/h) in Santa Ana, California

 

[migalyto]

Sept 12, 1959

American western series "Bonanza," starring Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, and Michael Landon, premieres on NBC-TV.

 

[TLOC]

Today is Saturday, September 12, 2026

The History of Today

1873 - The first practical typewriter was sold to customers.

1928 - Katharine Hepburn made her stage debut in the play "The Czarina." Four years later she made her film debut in "A Bill of Divorcement."

1953 - Nikita Krushchev was elected as the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1954 - "Lassie" made its television debut on CBS. The last show aired on September 12, 1971.

1966 - The Monkees TV show premiered on NBC.

1970 - "Josie and the Pussycats," the cartoon, debuted on CBS.

1979 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox became the first American League player to get 3,000 career hits and 400 career home runs.

1984 - Michael Jordan signed a seven-year contract to play basketball with the Chicago Bulls.

2023 - Apple unveiled the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus.

 

[Kusojiji]

starring Lorne Greene

You forgot Trapper John, the guy in the top left.

 

[RhB Michael]

I had a tough time with the transition of his character from MASH to Trapper John MD. Two opposites if there ever was. And what about that brown hair Trapper had on MASH? It suddenly turned black when he was home from Korea? Lots of continuity problems with that show.

 

[Kusojiji]

suddenly turned black

Oh, haha, I never noticed! I did like that show, which was one of how many other dr, emergency, cop shows back then.