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On This Day In History for September 25, 2013
This is September 25, 2013, it is the 268th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining in 2013.
- It was on this date in 1911 that ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston
- That same date in 1929, Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full instrument flying from takeoff to landing is possible.
- TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated on this date in 1956
- One year later, Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
- 21 years ago today, NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail.
- And on this date in 2008 – China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou 7.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to
- Danish Astronomer, Ole Rømer, born on this date in 1644.
- Also born on this date in 1893, Swedish mathematician Harald Cramér
- Soviet Spy, Ethel Rosenberg was born today 98 years ago.
- Journalist, broadcaster, and author Barbara Walters turns 84 today
- Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill is 62 today
- Former Superman actor Christopher Reeve was born on this date in 1952
- Turning 52 today, the actress and model Heather Locklear
- Will Smith is 45
- and finally actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is 44.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 25, 2013
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- Neil deGrasse Tyson gave a talk at my university yesterday. This is how the newspaper reported it today. – Imgur
- New reality TV show wants to send you into space
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And so much more we COULD have talked about:
- Han Solo in carbonite found on Mercury
- Shatner doesn’t really want to go into space
- You can own a full size AT-ST
- Google wants you to live forever
- A fully flushable toilet that comes to you
- Worlds largest robot
- The first embarrassing technical glitch
- The perfect car for back seat drivers
- Light saber thumb wrestling
- The interesting geek history of Hollywood’s 1940’s star Hedy Lemarr
- How Lego was used to restore a 3000 year old sarcophagus
- DeLoreans are making a comeback – sort of (Mad Marv)
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