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Today In History - November 2 |
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| 1947: Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for the first and only time… Its real name was the Hughes H-4 Hercules. The catchier name of "Spruce Goose" came about because the plane was constructed largely out of wood. But it was not spruce that was used, it was birch that was used as the replacement for rationed metals during the war. It was a monster of an aircraft, sporting some genuinely amazing engineering accomplishments. The final moniker which stuck to this wooden marvel was the "Flying Lumberyard." Both nicknames were meant to insinuate unpleasant judgments of the plane, but this last one was definitely reserved for those who truly hated the whole idea of the giant plane. Hughes started working on the plane to satisfy the request of the US military to design something that could cross the Atlantic Ocean with an exceptionally large payload – thus better facilitating the transport of men and materials. Here are some interesting facts about this whale of the airplane world. The plane was 218' 8" in length (A few feet shy of a B747) Though the Spruce Goose never really got to show its stuff, it was designed to travel at 220 mph for distances up to 3,000 miles. As it was, on its only flight, it flew for slightly less than a mile, and only achieved a speed of about 80 miles per hour. That was the end of the development of the aircraft. |
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Famous Persons Born on This Date in History |
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1699 Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin 1709 Anna van Hannover 1734 Daniel Boone 1741 Joan Derk van Capellen 1755 Marie-Antoinette 1785 Johann Leopold Fuchs 1795 James Knox Polk 1810 Andrew Atkinson Humphreys 1815 George Boole 1822 James Byron Gordon 1826 Robert Hopkins Hatton 1826 William Haines Lytle 1828 Byron Grimes 1842 Otto Reubke0 1843 Caryl Florio 1843 Elek Erkel 1843 William James Robjohn 1847 George Sorel 1865 Warren G. Harding 1880 John Foulds 1882 Leo Perutz 1883 Frico Kafenda 1885 Harlow Shapley 1886 Philip Merivale 1890 Henry Borginon 1892 Alice Brady 1892 Paul Abraham 1894 William Johnston 1901 James Dunn 1901 Paul Ford 1902 Gyula Illyes 1902 Marius W. Holtrop 1905 Fred Lipmann 1906 Luchino Visconti 1908 Reginald Beckwith 1910 Georges Schehade 1911 Odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis 1912 Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen 1913 Burt Lancaster 1913 Ivor Roberts-Jones 1914 Ray Walston 1915 Douglas Gordon Lilburn 1917 Ann Rutherford 1917 Durward Knowles 1919 Warren Stevens 1922 John Pinsent 1927 John Sainsbury 1928 Geoffrey Pardoe 1929 Harold Farberman 1929 Rachel Ames 1930 Denis Gerald Barrington 1934 Ken Rosewall 1935 Mohammad Munaf 1936 Rose Elizabeth Bird 1937 Earl "Speedoo" Carroll 1938 Pat Buchanan 1939 Howard Wolpe 1939 Pauline Neville-Jones 1940 Gigi Proletti 1941 Bruce Welch 1941 David Knapp Stockton 1942 Shere Hite 1942 Stefanie Powers 1943 Oldrich Pelcak 1944 Liesel Westermann 1944 Patrice Chereau 1947 Dave Pegg 1947 David Anthony Ahern 1948 Rich Gooch 1949 Lois McMaster Bujold 1951 Kathy Hammond 1952 Kate Linder 1952 Maxine Nightingale 1953 Alfre Woodard 1955 Frank Gilligan 1955 Mark Reynolds 1957 Rita Crockett 1958 Bobby Dall 1958 Willie McGee 1960 Adam Lingner 1960 Bruce Baumgartner 1960 Mardi Jacquet 1961 K. D. Lang 1962 Andrew Elt 1962 Donna Spangler 1963 Ines Diers 1963 Susie Scott 1964 Arnold van Dongen 1964 Kevin Gogan 1964 Michael D'Asaro II 1965 Chuck Klingbeil 1966 Sean Kanan 1967 Chris Port 1967 Darla Michele Pruett 1968 Brandi Brandt 1968 Helle Michaelsen 1968 Melissa Evridge 1969 Dwayne Gordon 1970 Corbin Lacina 1971 Pete Vordenberg 1971 Ricky Martin 1972 Alfred Schreuders 1972 Jeni Stephens 1972 Marie Josee Gibeau 1973 Jason Smith 1974 Alex Tanaka 1974 Jaroslav Spacek 1974 Ruslan Salei 1975 Danny Cooksey 1990 Natasha Smirnoff |
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On This Date in History |
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676 Donus begins his reign as the Catholic Pope 1327 King Alfonso IV of Aragon is crowned 1355 An English invasion army lands at Calais 1648 12,000 Jews are massacred by Chmielnicki in Narol Podlia 1722 Willem K.H. Friso is appointed Viceroy of Gelderland 1749 English Ohio Trade Company forms the first trade post 1772 In Boston, the anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms 1783 General Washington bids farewell to his army 1811 The Battle of Tippecanoe 1813 The Treaty of Fulda 1824 The popular presidential vote is first recorded: Andrew Jackson beats John Q. Adams 1835 The 2nd Seminole War begins in Osceola 1851 Louis Napoleon takes power in France 1852 Franklin Pierce is elected president of the U.S. 1854 The cobblestone paving of Washington St., between Dupont and Kearny, begins 1880 James A. Garfield is elected the US president 1889 North Dakota becomes the 39th state, and South Dakota becomes the 40th state 1892 Paul Verlaine visits the Netherlands 1898 Theodor Herzl arrives in Jerusalem 1899 Boers begin the siege of Ladysmith Natal 1904 The British newspaper, "Daily Mirror," begins publishing 1907 The Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published 1914 Great Britain annexes Cyprus 1914 Russia declares war on Turkey 1915 The first U.S. election by proportional representation occurs in Ashtabula, Ohio 1917 The Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine 1917 The first U.S. soldiers are killed in combat during WW I 1917 The Lansing-Ishii Agreement 1922 Australian Qantas airways begins service 1924 The Sunday Express publishes the first British crossword puzzle 1930 Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, the 225th emperor of the Solmonic Dynasty 1934 Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan 1936 The first high-definition TV broadcast service: the BBC in London 1938 Babe Ruth applies for the job of the St. Louis Browns' manager 1941 German troops occupy Rostov 1942 The 11th day of the second battle at El Alamein 1943 The Jewish ghetto of Riga Latvia is destroyed 1944 Auschwitz begins gassing prisoners 1944 Canadian troops occupy Knokke 1944 The U.S. 28th Infantry division opens the assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald 1947 Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for the first and only time 1948 Truman beats Dewey – a massive presidential race upset 1949 Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state 1953 Pakistan becomes an Islamic republic 1954 Charles C. Diggs, Jr. is elected Michigan's first black congressman 1954 J. S. Thurmond is the first senator elected by a write-in vote 1954 Taiwan and the U.S. sign military pact 1955 Clarton-Schwerdt and Schaffer discover the polio virus 1955 David Ben-Gurion forms the Israeli government 1956 Hungary appeals for United Nations assistance against the Soviet invasion 1956 Israel captures Gaza and Sheham 1957 The first titanium mill is opened: Toronto, Ohio 1959 Charles Van Doren confesses: the TV quiz show "21," was fixed 1960 Penguin Books publishes the controversial "Lady Chatterley's Lover" 1962 President John F. Kennedy announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled 1964 Faisal succeeds Saudi as the King of Saudi Arabia 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins the LPGA River Plantation Women's Golf Open 1972 Construction begins on the Kingdome in Seattle 1972 Steve Carlton wins the Cy Young Award 1972 The U.S.S.R. performs a nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk, U.S.S.R. 1974 The U.S.S.R. performs a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, U.S.S.R. 1976 Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford in the US presidential elections 1976 New Jersey voters approve gambling for Atlantic City 1977 Steve Carlton wins his second Cy Young Award 1978 France performs a nuclear test at Muruora Island 1978 The U.S. performs nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site 1979 Peter Shaffers musical "Amadeus," premieres in London 1982 Fire in Salung tunnel, Afghanistan kills more than 1,000 Russians 1982 Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament 1983 President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L. King day 1984 France performs nuclear tests at Muruora Island 1986 The 16th New York City Women's Marathon is won by Grete Waitz 1986 The 17th New York City Marathon is won by Gianni Poli 1987 Entertainer Lola Falona is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 1988 A Computer virus infects the Pentagon, the SDI research lab, and six universities 1988 The first Mrs. America beauty pageant 1988 A Mexican radio station erroneously reports that boxer Mike Tyson died in car crash 1989 "Meet Me in St. Louis" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City: 253 total performances 1991 Jermaine Jackson releases "Word to the Badd!!" an anti-Michael Jackson song 1992 The first test flight of an Airbus A330 1993 Roger Moore (James Bond) has his enlarged prostate removed 1993 Christie Todd Whitman is elected the first woman governor of NJ 1993 The Dow Jones hits a record 3697.64 1993 Ehud Olmert is elected the mayor of Jerusalem 1993 The first commemorative bricks are laid at the Bob Feller Memorial 1993 Rudolph Guliani is elected the 107th mayor of New York City 1994 A Benzene explosion in Dronka, Egypt killed over 400 people 1997 "Barrymore," closes at the Music Box Theater in New York City after 240 performances! 1997 The 27th New York City Women's Marathon is won by Franziska Rochat-Moser 1997 The 28th New York City Marathon is won by John Kagwe 1997 Typhoon Linda kills more than 200 people in southern Vietnam |
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