Torrey Pines Gliderport, La Jolla, California – August 11, 2009

Flying over the Pacific…

On This Day in History (August 11)
1989     Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune
1978     Funeral of Pope Paul VI
1978     Legionnaire’s disease bacteria isolated in Atlanta
1976     Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami
1975     U.S. vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to U.N.
1972     "Cheech and Chong Day" in San Antonio Texas
1968     Beatles launch "Apple Records" label
1966     Last Beatle concert tour of U.S. begins
1965     Beatles movie "Help" opens in New York City
1965     Watts riots begin in Southeast LA, lasts 6 days
1964     Beatles’ "A Hard Days Night" opens in New York City
1962     Beach Boys release "Surfin’ Safari"
1956     Elvis Presley releases "Don’t Be Cruel"
1934     1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay
1924     1st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken
1914     John Wray patents animation
1909     SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC
1896     Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain
1885     $100,000 raised in U.S. for pedestal for Statue of Liberty
1877     Asaph Hall discovers Mars’s moon Deimos
1874     Harry S. Parmelee patents sprinkler head

Today’s Birthdays
1957     Richie Ramone, , rock drummer, Ramones-Pet Semtary
1953     Hulk Hogan, Georgia, WWF heavyweight champion, 1984-89
1950     Erik Braunn, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Iron Butterfly
1950     Steve Wozniak, co-founder, Apple Computers
1943     Denis Payton, rocker, Dave Clarke 5-Glad All Over
1943     Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani Statesman
1933     Jerry Falwell, born in Virginia, pastor, evangelist, social conservative, cofounder of the Moral Majority
1926     Bernard Ashley, English fashion designer/president, Laura Ashley
1926     Claus Von Bulow, accused of murdering his wife
1925     Mike Douglas, born in Chicago, Illinois, talk show host, Mike Douglas Show
1924     Arlene Dahl, Minneapolis Minnesota, actress/TV panelist, Ambush
1921     Alex Haley, U.S., writer, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots
1902     Lloyd Nolan, born in San Francisco, California, actor, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place
1865     Gifford Pinchot, American Politician, conservationist

 
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