Friday Fun Facts, a history lesson: On this date.... In 1881, the first rivet was driven into the Statue of Liberty In 1904, the first New York Subway opened In 1911, Orville Wright remained in the air for 9 min and 45 sec in a glider, setting a new world record. In 1929, Black Thursday marked the start of the stock market crash In 1939, nylon stockings go on sale for the first time In 1946, the first photo of earth from outer space is taken by a camera on board a rocket In 1963, the first episode of Bonanza was aired In 1989, after a weeks delay due to the earthquake, World Series game 3 is played In 2003, the Concorde makes it last commerical flight What history or memories will be make this weekend? Have a great weekend!
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:09:34 +0000