Today in History . . .

[Deb in IA]

On October 9, 1930, Laura Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States as she completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field in New York to Glendale, Calif. Yup, the same Laura Ingalls (Wilder) of the "Little House on the Prairie" fame!

On October 9, 1936, the first generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.

On October 9, 1989, the official Soviet news agency Tass reported that a spaceship of some kind, complete with a trio of tall aliens, had visited a park in the city of Voronezh. EROS is gonna LOVE this one!

On October 9, 2001, letters postmarked in Trenton, N.J., that later tested positive for anthrax spores were mailed to Sens. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.

 

[ILUVDXL]

Yoy know the more I learn about Laura Ingalls Wilder the easier it gets to get Melissa Gilbert out of my head.
Thanks, Deb.

 

[browneyes]

Mayhap EROS was one of those aliens.

Thanks Deb.

 

[Goofyposter]

Groosch! Thanks Deb!

I'm gerner have to tell that one about Ingalls to Mrs. G....she's a huge fan of her's!

 

[bfeller]

Thanks for the information

 

[Indyman]

Interesting as always. Thanks, Deb.

 

[EROS]

Go ahead and laugh, but I survived an "abduction". I KNOW that "they" put electrodes into my body

 

[RoqueC]

Did you, really?

 

[nativetxn]

I believe you Eros.

Thanks, Deb, I enjoyed the history lesson today.

 

[olena]

On October 9, 1989, the official Soviet news agency Tass reported that a spaceship of some kind, complete with a trio of tall aliens, had visited a park in the city of Voronezh.

COOL!!!!!

 

[Galahad]

On October 9th, 1940, John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England. On October 9th, 2002, his murderer, Mark Chapman was again denied parole from Attica prison.