Monthly Archives: May 2022

Transcontinental Railroad

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On May 10, 1869, the ceremonial spike (actually more than one) was driven into the meeting point of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad. That’s when it became the transcontinental railroad, and traveling across the country no longer meant months in a wagon or on a ship sailing around South America.

Suddenly I realized…

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother's Day

Being a Mother

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Happy Birthday, Sir David Attenborough

Sir David Attenborough (May 8th 1926 - )

Sir David Attenborough (May 8th 1926 – )

Wikipedia Article

Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster and naturalist.

He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programs in each of black and white, colour, HD, and 3D.

Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in Britain, although he himself does not like the term. In 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote. He is the younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.

Lusitania sinks

Lusitania sinks

On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the vessel sank into the Celtic Sea. Of 1,959 passengers and crew, 1,198 people were drowned, including 128 Americans. The attack aroused considerable indignation in the United States, but Germany defended the action, noting that it had issued warnings of its intent to attack all ships, neutral or otherwise, that entered the war zone around Britain.

The Hindenburg Disaster

On May 6,1937, the airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany, bursts into flames upon touching its mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers and crewmembers.

Werner Doehner, Last Survivor of the Hindenburg Disaster, Dies at Age 90 |  Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

1961 : The first American in space

From Cape Canaveral, Florida, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space. The suborbital flight, which lasted 15 minutes and reached a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere, was a major triumph for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Happy Birthday, Max Headroom

Max Headroom - Wikipedia
April 4th, 1985 –

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May the 4th Be With You

May the 4th

Someday

Anniversary of the 1st Sighting of the Loch Ness Monster

Loch Ness monster: “surgeon’s photograph”
Photograph that allegedly showed the Loch Ness monster, 1934. The image, known as the “surgeon’s photograph,” was later revealed to be a hoax.
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Anniversary of Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street (also titled The Big Heart in the UK) is a 1947 film which tells the story of a gentle old man, working as a Santa Claus at Macy’s department store in New York City, who contends that he is the real deal.

Miracle on 34th Street

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The film was released in theaters May 2, 1947.

 

DeLorean is BACK!

SAN ANTONIO, April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — DeLorean Motor Company has announced a new reveal date and released its first sneak peak of their electric vehicle. The concept car is now slated to premiere Thursday, August 18 at the prestigious Awards Ramp at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

Click here to the read the announcement.