Today in history....

[Prerunner1982]

Sept 25th...

Events:
1493 - Christopher Columbus left Spain with 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere
1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
1942 – World War II: Swiss Police Instruction of September 25, 1942 – this instruction denied entry into Switzerland to Jewish refugees.
1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.
1957 - 300 U.S. Army troops stood guard as nine black students were escorted to class at Central High School in Little Rock, AR. The children had been forced to withdraw 2 days earlier because of unruly white mobs.
1965 - Willie Mays, at the age of 34, became the oldest man to hit 50 home runs in a single season. He had also set the record for the youngest to hit 50 ten years earlier.
1978 - 144 people were killed when a private plane and a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 collided over San Diego, CA.
1992 - The Mars Observer blasted off on a mission that cost $980 million. The probe has not been heard from since it reached Mars in August of 1993.
2003 – A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
2008 – China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou 7.

Births:
1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
1952 – Jimmy Garvin, American professional wrestler
1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor (d. 2004)
1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress and model
1965 – Scottie Pippen, American basketball player
1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress

Thought this might be interesting... the "drive home" radio show I listen to does something similar.. Obviously what I listed is only a bit of what actually happened today in history. I just picked some of the more notable/interesting ones.

[SMXJ]

Great thread all good info. Thanks Prerunner

[stamp]

thats crazy so much stuff happend today

[Prerunner1982]

FAIL:

1992 - The Mars Observer blasted off on a mission that cost $980 million. The probe has not been heard from since it reached Mars in August of 1993.



Thanks Dean... I thought I might make a regular installment out of this if that is ok.

[WJCraig]

Cool post.

[2000XJ]

Definately make it a regular thing, I love info like this.

[flawlesslydisturbed]

I like to read this stuff to.

Also like to read laws that are still in effect but not enforced, like it's still illegal to use a gun to shoot the top off a can of beans in, I think it was, Texas.

[BigBadXJ]

Why did you decide to do it on that day??

[Prerunner1982]

Originally Posted by BigBadXJ

Why did you decide to do it on that day??

That was the current day I decided to make the post... can't be "Today in History" if I post info from a different day. Besides.. if I had waited til a better day to do it I probably would have forgotten. And what is a better date?

[88fadedglory]

Well, golly gee, sarge!

I get accused of having far too much time on my hands in a picture thread and Jon goes looking for time to put on his hands . . . . .

Cool threads, my friend. Keep them coming. I love history since I've already lived much of it . . . . .

Budd (certified vintage flatulencier)

[BigBadXJ]

Originally Posted by Prerunner1982

That was the current day I decided to make the post... can't be "Today in History" if I post info from a different day. Besides.. if I had waited til a better day to do it I probably would have forgotten. And what is a better date?

Just wondered if it was a special day for you. I know that everyday is the current day!?!?!
Here or a few better dates Jan. 23, Aug. 25, or Feb 20.