Since I'm writing this on Wednesday, I don't know what will happen on January 28, 2010 but here are some interesting things that have happened on this day in history.
1998 - Michelangelo's "Christ and the Woman of Samaria" sold for $7.4 million.
1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff.
1984 - Mr. Glynn Wolfe marries for a non-bigamous record 26th time in Las Vegas.
1978 - Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife.
1969 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes the first woman jockey to win in North America.
1962 - Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times and survives.
1956 - Elvis Presley's first TV performance.
1951 - US performs nuclear tests in Nevada.
1935 - Iceland becomes first country to legalize abortion.
1932 - First US state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin).
1915 - First US ship lost in WWI.
1878 - First telephone exchange.
1613 - Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune.
Tessie
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I never realized how much stuff happened on that date in history. Its really cool that you found all of that stuff.
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Wow...it's amazing what happened on that date. It doesn't seem like THAT long ago with the space shuttle. Geez am I feeling old.
ReplyDeleteGreat post Tessie! Remind me to never ask Ted Nugent for an autograph! lol
ReplyDeleteXXOO Kat
S - the internet is an amazing tool, isn't it?!!
ReplyDeleteAmber - I was shocked that the Challenger disaster was so many years ago. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard the news.
Kat - I saw Ted Nugent in concert multiple times back in the day and have no problem believing he did that!! I did, however, laugh uproariously when I read it!
Soon, only pirates with peg legs will be asking Ted for his "autograph".
ReplyDeleteThe knife scares me. I'd be afraid to contract Cat Scratch Fever! lol
XXOO Kat
If he came at you, you could put him in a Strangle Hold!!
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