2006-04-07

ckd: small blue foam shark (Default)
2006-04-07 02:46 pm

The Wikipedia "what happened on your birthday" thing

As seen all over my flist: 3 events, 2 births, 1 death.

Events:
1925 - Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers still observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration. (go read [livejournal.com profile] rachelmanija's book!)
(also 1925: Scopes trial begins)
1938 - Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world.
1962 - Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.

Births:
1856 - Nikola Tesla, Serbian physicist (d. 1943)
1947 - Arlo Guthrie, American musician
(1980: some so-called "singer")

Deaths:
1989 - Mel Blanc, American voice actor (b. 1908)