History of All Kinds

[Bruette]

The Red Baron made his first appearance in the "Peanuts" comic strip.

It became an epic cultural phenomenon!

 

[Bruette]

2026 MLB Regular Season Record - "Kazzy" Kazuma Okamoto's 33 homeruns fell just short of "Moonshot" Munetaka Murakami's 35 homeruns. establishing a new record for homeruns by a Japanese rookie. Smashing the "Robot", Shohei Ohtani's record of 22 homeruns.

To me, this proves that Japanese pitchers, at least in certain areas, are on par with MLB.

 

[Iron Horseman]

You are thinking of the Lexington class.

I wasn't thinking I was looking at the posted picture.

 

[migalyto]

Oct 11, 1984

American astronaut Kathryn Sullivan became the first woman to walk in space.

 

[migalyto]

Oct 11, 1968

NASA's Apollo 7 launches, carrying Schirra, Eisele, and Cunningham; it makes 163 orbits in 260 hours and 9 minutes.

 

[trailrider]

Oct 10, 1865

John Wesley Hyatt patents the billiard ball made from cellulose nitrate (celluloid) in Albany, New York (patent US50359A.

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He appears to have been as bald as one.

 

[migalyto]

Oct 12, 1920

Construction begins on Holland Tunnel, connecting Lower Manhattan and Jersey City beneath the Hudson River.

 

[migalyto]

Oct 12, 1933

US Department of Justice acquires Alcatraz Island; later becomes a federal prison.