History of All Kinds

[Colorado Midland Modeler]

Hornby makes an OO scale model. Looks cool, but I know I'd jam up the movement, so I am staying away.

That's interesting, I didn't know it was possible to make a working model of that locomotive. Looks very delicate.

 

[Gary B]

Sept 23, 1906

Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest and completing their Corps of Discovery expedition to the Pacific Ocean.

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William Clark Meriwether Lewis

I'm thinking you might be off by a hundred years.

 

[Kusojiji]

Good catch! I didn't even notice it.

 

[migalyto]

I'm thinking you might be off by a hundred years.

Yea, I fat fingered it!

 

[trailrider]

And today they are going to launch Starship Flight 14, the first of theirs to go full orbital.

And they did for at least one orbit, plus deployed 36 advanced Starlink satellites, then reentered and splashed down in the Pacific ocean!

 

[migalyto]

Sept 29, 1966

Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.

 

[migalyto]

Sept 29, 1907

Construction of the Washington National Cathedral begins.

 

[RhB Michael]

Sept 29, 1966

Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.

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That one is a 1969 model year.

 

[TLOC]

2026

The History of Today

1789 - A regular army was established by the U.S. War Department with several hundred men.

1952- Model railroader TomO is born

1960 - "My Three Sons" debuted on ABC-TV.

1967 - "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" was released by Gladys Knight & the Pips.

1992 - Magic Johnson announced that he was returning to professional basketball. The comeback was ended the following November.

1998 - Hasbro announced plans to introduce an action figure of retired U.S. General Colin Powell.

 

[migalyto]

Sept 30, 1982

The Boston bar-based sitcom Cheers —where everybody knows your name—premiered on NBC. A mixture of comedy and soap-opera romance, the show ran for 11 seasons.

 

[migalyto]

Sept 30, 1841

Samuel Slocum patents the stapler..

 

[migalyto]

Oct 1, 1971

The Walt Disney Resort—a complex near Orlando, Florida, that features attractions based on the stories and characters created by the Disney
Company opened.

 

[migalyto]

Oct 1, 1947

The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.

 

[Kusojiji]

With Burgess Meredith behind the stick.

 

[Rubicon]

With Burgess Meredith behind the stick.

I got that reference, guess I'm old.

 

[migalyto]

October 2, 1957

"The Bridge on the River Kwai," directed by David Lean and starring William Golden and Alec Guinness, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1958)

 

[migalyto]

October 2, 1959

Rod Sterling's anthology series "The Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS TV

 

[Kusojiji]

With CAPT Kirk seeing a beast on the wing of the airplane. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.

 

[migalyto]

Oct 3, 1872

Bloomingdale's department store opens in New York.

 

[migalyto]

Oct 3, 1961

"The Dick Van Dyke Show created by Carl Reiner and starring Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler More, premieres on CBS-TV.