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Today in 1586 - Sir Thomas Harriot is credited with the introduction of potatoes to Europe on his return to Britain. He was the first person to make a drawing of the Moon through a telescope, on July 26, 1609, over four months before Galileo.
The annual diet of an average global citizen in the first decade of the 21st century included about 33 kg (73 lb.) of potato. However, the local importance of potato is extremely variable and rapidly changing. It remains an essential crop in Europe (especially eastern and central Europe), where per capita production is still the highest in the world, but the most rapid expansion over the past few decades has occurred in southern and eastern Asia. China is now the world's largest potato-producing country, and nearly a third of the world's potatoes are harvested in China and India.
Also two famous deaths today: -
1741 - Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Italian composer, dies at 63.
1750 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer, dies at 65
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Today in 1960

Apollo Program Announced - Apollo. Class: Moon. Type: Manned lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo Source Selection. Summary: Name 'Apollo' selected by Silverstein. Conference with aerospace industry outlined NASA's plans for circumlunar and lunar flight..
 
Goatboy said:
Any hero's yourself? Always good to hear who inspires and motivates.
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I've never really been into millitary history, but I always admired a namesake of mine.




Birth: Jul. 11, 1915
Madison
Madison County
Florida, USA
Death: Dec. 10, 1941

Bomber Pilot World War II. Pearl Harbor was still smoldering when the Japanese turned their attention to sneak attacks on Clark Field in the Philippines. Captain Colin Kelly and his crew managed to assume flight in their B-17C, only partially loaded with bombs, during a bombing raid on the airfield by Japanese Zero fighters. An invasion fleet was spotted off the coast of Luzon. The bombardier dropped the load on the largest of the Japanese ships with one hit igniting a huge blaze on the target. On returning to Clark Field, the bomber was attacked by a number of Japanese fighters led by their Ace Saburo Sakai. The plane was hit many times and set afire. The waist gunner was hit and killed. Kelly ordered the rest of the crew to jump as he remained at the controls to steady the craft. As the 6th and final crew member exited the plane, it would crash land a few miles from the runway at Clark Field. Captain Colin Kelly perished. The rest of his crew survived the attack, even though some were captured by the Japanese and spent the rest of the war as POW's. Colin's remains were hastily interred at Clark Field and then returned after the War with great fanfare to his hometown of Madison and re buried in the town cemetery with full military honors. The heroic story of the exploits of Kelly and his crew electrified the nation. Due to his selfless acts of courage, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross on December 10, 1941, the second highest award for heroism in the nation, by General Douglas MacArthur.
 
crosslandkelly said:
Today in 1960

Apollo Program Announced - Apollo. Class: Moon. Type: Manned lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo Source Selection. Summary: Name 'Apollo' selected by Silverstein. Conference with aerospace industry outlined NASA's plans for circumlunar and lunar flight..
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Did you know that today in 1962 saw the Mariner 1 launch of the planned Venus flypast end in failure. Ironically the Mariner ended up in the Atlantic Ocean. The malfunction has been put down as a programing error where a hyphen was put in instead of a minus in a transcribing error. (Bet someone got their bum felt for that one!)
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Are you 2 trying to confuse Biker by posting each others posts. Come on stick to your chosen subjects. Don't switch or you'll both be sent under the stairs.
Bob
 
belzeebob23 said:
Are you 2 trying to confuse Biker by posting each others posts. Come on stick to your chosen subjects. Don't switch or you'll both be sent under the stairs.
Bob
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Well you see with him drawing half naked ladies all the time his eyesight's going the way of his memory (that's due to great age though). So if we two Colin's or Clan Colinniloc as is our hive collective brain do this cross posting it'll send him do-lally. And then we'll inherit all the axes in his garage :).

Plus I wanted to know who Kelly's Heroes were...:lmao:
 
Goatboy said:
Well you see with him drawing half naked ladies all the time his eyesight's going the way of his memory (that's due to great age though). So if we two Colin's or Clan Colinniloc as is our hive collective brain do this cross posting it'll send him do-lally. And then we'll inherit all the axes in his garage :).

Plus I wanted to know who Kelly's Heroes were...:lmao:
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Well I guess you've modeled your self after Oddball from Kelly's heros That explains a lot.
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Bob
 
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