October 6, 2023
QUOTE
Ah, the difficulty is, ah, this was an unauthorized balloon launch, and, uh, I know I’m in a federal airspace, and, uh, I’m sure my ground crew has alerted the proper authority. But, uh, just call them and tell them I’m okay.
--1993 – Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot
BIRTHDAYS
1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer
1801 – Hippolyte Carnot, French politician
1846 – George Westinghouse, Engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company
1908 – Carole Lombard, Actress
1942 – Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer
IN MEMORY
AD 23 – Wang Mang, emperor of the Xin Dynasty[
1951 – Will Keith Kellogg, Businessman, founded the Kellogg Company
1989 – Bette Davis, Actress
1993 – Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot
IN ON THIS DAY
1539 – Spain’s DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.
1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent “talkie” movie.
1977 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
1981 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
1995 – The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.