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Daily Archives: April 12, 2011
The First Shot
This morning at 4:30 150 years ago, Lieutenant Henry S. Farley fired the first shot in the War Between the States when he let loose a single 10-inch mortar round at Fort Sumter. According to David Detzer’s book, Allegiance: Fort … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Allegiance: Fort Sumter Charleston and the Beginning of the Civil War, Captain George S. James, Charleston Sc, Confederate Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard, Cummings Point, David Detzer, first official casualties of the War, Fort Johnson, Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter, Lieutenant Henry S. Farley the first shot in the War Between the States, Major Robert Anderson, Private Daniel Hough, Private Edward Gallway, Roger Pryor, The First Shot
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Manned Spaceflight Turns 50
Fifty years ago today, the Soviet Space Program launched Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into a singular orbit around the Earth in their spacecraft, Vostok 1. The space race was on and Russia was in the lead, having flown an orbital … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life in General
Tagged a dangerous dose of possible nuclear annihilation, advancements in artificial limbs, Air Force, airplanes, Alan Shepard, computers, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Cuba, enhanced radial tires for cars, Florida, Freedom 7, going back to the moon and on to Mars, improved baby foods, improved water purification, infrared ear thermometers, landing on the moon first, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), Manned Spaceflight Turns 50, Marines, military service, Navy, new technologies, President John F. Kennedy, Sputnik, Tang, Teflon, tempur foam (think Tempurpedic beds), the Soviet Space Program, Vostok 1
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