Trimming
Overheard
E: Remember Trixie?
D: Who's Trixie?
E: I can't tell you - I don't remember!
D: Who's Trixie?
E: I can't tell you - I don't remember!
This Day In History
1542
Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
1782
The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.
1896
The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
1903
The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
1911
Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
1958
The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first expedition to reach The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility in the Antarctic.
1972
Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.
1994
Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.
2004
The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened.
Famous Birthdays
1546
Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (d. 1601)
1631
Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)
1775
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British admiral (d. 1860)
1883
Morihei Ueshiba, martial artist and founder of the Japanese martial art of aikido (d. 1969)
1896
General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, USAF, American aviation pioneer (d. 1993)
1911
Spike Jones, American comedian and musician (d. 1965)
1935
Lee Remick, American actress (d. 1991)
1947
Christopher Parkening, American classical guitarist
1965
Ted Raimi, American actor
1969
Archie Kao, American actor
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