Friday, October 5, 2012

October 5 - Class Trip




Class Trip





This Day In History
1665
The University of Kiel is founded.
1857
The City of Anaheim is founded.
1905
Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
1921
The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.
1947
The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
1962
Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released.
1969
The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC.
1970
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
1991
The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.


Famous Birthdays
1712
Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793)
1743
Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian opera composer (d. 1818)
1829
Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)
1882
Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (d. 1945)
1902
Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984)
1922
Bil Keane, American cartoonist (d. 2011)
1923
Glynis Johns, British actress
1924
Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (Frank and Ernest) (d. 2006)
1943
Steve Miller, American musician
1950
Jeff Conaway, American actor (d. 2011)
1951
Bob Geldof, Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats) and activist
1952
Clive Barker, English writer
1959
Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor
1967
Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor
1975
Kate Winslet, English actress
1978
Morgan Webb, Canadian-born television presenter

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