Today In History...

"He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it"

George Santayana

• 1989 Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing (told you it didn't end well).
• 1979 Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled, world's worst oil spillage (sound familiar?).
• 1969 Last episode of Star Trek airs on NBC (Turnabout Intruder).
• 1966 Gemini 9 launched; 7th U.S. 2-man flight, Stafford and Cernan.
• 1965 Gemini 4 launched; 2nd U.S. 2-man flight, McDivitt and White.
• 1959 1st class graduates from Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.
• 1959 Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon (hams call it moon bounce).
• 1948 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory.
• 1946 U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional.
• 1942 Battle of Midway Island begins (turning point of the war in the Pacific).
• 1937 Duke of Windsor (Edward 8) weds Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson in France.
• 1925 Goodyear airship "Pilgrim" makes 1st flight (1st with enclosed cabin).
• 1918 Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional.
• 1875 Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission.
• 1539 Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain.