The man about to cross the Channel on a wing and a prayer

September 27, 2008 at 3:51 am (Uncategorized)
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Swiss professional pilot Yves Rossy, the world’s first man to fly with fitted jet fuel powered wings strapped to his back, flying during his first official demonstration. Rossy flew into the history books on Friday by crossing from France to Britain on only a jet-powered wing, describing afterwards how he felt “like a bird” over the English Channel. Yves Rossy, 49, touched down in a field on top of the white cliffs of Dover after completing the 35-kilometre (22-mile) journey over one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.

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100-year-old Engineering Problem Solved: Insights On Fluid Flow Could Impact Fuel Efficiency

September 26, 2008 at 12:52 pm (Uncategorized)

As a car accelerates up and down a hill then slows to follow a hairpin turn, the airflow around it cannot keep up and detaches from the vehicle. This aerodynamic separation creates additional drag that slows the car and forces the engine to work harder. The same phenomenon affects airplanes, boats, submarines, and even your golf ball.

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‘Big Bang’ postponed to 2009

September 26, 2008 at 12:44 pm (Today's Highlights)
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Optimists and devotees of science must, along with pessimists dreading – or eagerly anticipating – the destruction of the universe, wait a bit longer. The ‘Big Bang’ experiment involving the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been postponed to spring 2009.

According to a September 20 2008 statement on the LHC website, “during commissioning (without beam) of the final LHC sector (sector 3-4) at high current for operation at 5 TeV, an incident occurred at mid-day on Friday 19 September resulting in a large helium leak into the tunnel”.

“Preliminary investigations indicate that the most likely cause of the problem was a faulty electrical connection between two magnets, which probably melted at high current leading to mechanical failure. CERN ’s strict safety regulations ensured that at no time was there any risk to people,” the statement said.

A full investigation was underway, but it was already clear that the sector would have to be warmed up for repairs to take place, it said.

“This implies a minimum of two months down time for LHC operation. For the same fault, not uncommon in a normally conducting machine, the repair time would be a matter of days.”

Further details would be made available as soon as they were known, the statement said.

News agency reports quoted the Director-General of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Robert Aymar as saying that the incident was a psychological blow after a successful start of the LHC following years of painstaking preparation by teams of scientists.

“I have no doubt that we will overcome this setback with the same degree of rigor and application,” Aymar said in a statement.

CERN spokesperson James Gillies said they would have to wait several weeks before the temperature could be raised from near absolute zero so that they could go inside the equipment to examine the extent of the damage.

“They’re going to have to open up and really investigate what went on there,” Gillies said. “So that’s going to be two or three weeks before we can put out something that we’re sure of.”

“The winter shutdown will go according to schedule, which means that we start up the accelerator complex in the spring months.”

Scientists involved in the experiment in Geneva were were trying to test the Big Bang idea by using the LHC to smash two beams of particles head-on at super-fast speeds, to see what would happen.

As The Sofia Echo’s science correspondent explained the experiment on September 12, the basics behind the LHC are simple to explain and do not differ much from other particle accelerators. The particle accelerator, also called an atom smasher, is a long tube in which magnets direct and accelerate tiny particles to very high speeds.

When the required energy is achieved, those particles are collided inside a special piece of equipment, called a detector. Scientist use this data to make conclusions about the structure of the examined particles. The particle accelerator is the most important tool in the modern particle physics toolbox and there are a number of such devices built in laboratories around the world. CERN’s is now the largest.

What is impressive about the LHC, in addition to its sheer size and power, is its component parts. The accelerator itself consists of a 27km-long circular tunnel, built 100m underground, in which are installed the lines and equipment needed for experiments.

What the LHC will do is accelerate protons, one of the two main components of the atomic nuclei, into two beams that circulate the accelerator until they nearly attain light speed.

At this point, each of the protons travels through the entire 27km line 11 000 times a second.

One of the most powerful superconductor magnets helps focus and confine the two beams. The entire installation has liquid helium (-271 degrees Celsius) circulating inside for cooling purposes.

Then the two beams are collided inside one of the four detectors built around the line, which can distinguish and plot the trajectories of the particles released from the collision. What will happen from there is a mystery for now.

Some suggest that this will generate an Earth-destroying black hole, though that is clearly not the goal of the project. Instead, scientists want to simulate the conditions of the Big Bang – the point at which our universe was thought to be created.

When this is done, the detectors will provide scientists with data that can answer important questions about the nature of the universe. And one of the answers they are eager to get is: Does the Higgs boson exist?

The Higgs boson is a theoretical, at this point, particle responsible for the transition between energy and matter. It is so important for our modern perception of the universe that it has even been christened with a divine nickname – the God particle. If the experiments at the LHC prove its existence, it would be the first experimental evidence ever and scientists would know how the energy from the Big Bang formed matter, and us.

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U know ?? what happaned in 25 September

September 25, 2008 at 12:48 pm (History)
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September 25, 1997 “ER” is performed live on TV
September 25, 1997 Britain’s Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (714 mph)
September 25, 1997 STS 86 (Atlantis 20) launches into orbit
September 25, 1997 WNBA announces it will add Detroit and Washington D.C. franchises
September 25, 1994 Oliver McCall TKOs Lennox Lewis in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
September 25, 1992 “Barry Manilow’s Showstoppers” opens at Paramount New York City
September 25, 1992 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
September 25, 1992 Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova
September 25, 1992 Opening Main-Donau canal (North Sea-Black Sea)
September 25, 1992 Sparky Anderson ties Hughie Jennings as Detroit’s winningest manager
September 25, 1992 U.S. Mars Observer launched from Space shuttle
September 25, 1992 Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents and live with his foster parents, he takes name Shawn Russ
September 25, 1991 “Good and Evil” premieres on ABC TV
September 25, 1991 Paramount at Madison Square Garden in New York City opens
September 25, 1990 “Les Miserables,” opens at Forrest Theatre, Phila
September 25, 1990 1st 8 New York Yankees hit safely vs Baltimore Orioles to tie record
September 25, 1990 Oakland A’s clinch 3rd straight AL West title
September 25, 1990 Saddam Hussein warns that U.S. will repeat Vietnam experience
September 25, 1990 U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq
September 25, 1989 Archaeologists open Titus of Rhine grave in Amsterdam
September 25, 1989 Ronald Harwood’s “Another Time,” premieres in London
September 25, 1989 Wade Boggs is 1st to get 200 hits and 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons
September 25, 1988 Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s
September 25, 1988 Kathy Guadagnino wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
September 25, 1988 Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter and Matt Biondi, swim world record 4×100 m freestyle (3:16.53)
September 25, 1987 2nd coup on Fiji led by Major General Sitiveni Rabuka
September 25, 1986 Antonin Scalia appointed to Supreme Court
September 25, 1986 Houston Astro Mike Scott no-hits San Francisco Giants, 2-0
September 25, 1985 Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India
September 25, 1985 Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus
September 25, 1985 Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season
September 25, 1984 “Quilters” opens at Jack Lawrence Theater New York City for 24 performances
September 25, 1984 1st London performance of musical “Stepping Out” presented
September 25, 1984 Egypt and Jordan regain diplomatic relations
September 25, 1984 New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s
September 25, 1983 35th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, Ed Flanders and Shelley Long
September 25, 1983 Bob Forsch pitches 2nd career no-hitter, Cards beat Expos 3-0
September 25, 1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
September 25, 1982 Northwestern ends 34 football game losing streak, beats No Illinois 31-6
September 25, 1982 Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children)
September 25, 1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
September 25, 1981 Nolan Ryan’s 5th career no-hitter as Astros beat Dodgers 5-0
September 25, 1981 Rolling Stones begin their 6th U.S. tour (John F. Kennedy Stadium, Phila)
September 25, 1980 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 25, 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
September 25, 1980 Jerry Mumphrey joins Ozzie Smith, and Gene Richards to steal 50 bases this year for Padres
September 25, 1979 “Evita” opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 1568 performances
September 25, 1979 California Angels win their 1st NL West pennant
September 25, 1978 PSA Boeing 727 and a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 die
September 25, 1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
September 25, 1976 “Porgy and Bess” opens at Uris Theater New York City for 122 performances
September 25, 1976 Expo’s last game at Montreal’s Jarry Park
September 25, 1974 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 25, 1973 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days
September 25, 1973 Mets beat Expos 2-1 on Willie Mays Night at Shea Stadium
September 25, 1973 Willie Mays night at Shea Stadium
September 25, 1972 Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber
September 25, 1972 KAVT (now KSMQ) TV channel 15 in Austin, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 25, 1972 Norway votes to join common market
September 25, 1972 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
September 25, 1970 Ringo releases his “Beaucoups of Blues” album
September 25, 1967 WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 25, 1966 12th LPGA Championship won by Gloria Ehret
September 25, 1966 Dmitri Shostakovitch’s 2nd Cello Concert premieres in Moscow
September 25, 1966 Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1
September 25, 1965 “Do I Hear a Waltz?” closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 220 performances
September 25, 1965 60 year old Satchel Paige of Kansas City A’s pitches 3 scoreless innings
September 25, 1965 Beatle cartoon show begins in U.S.
September 25, 1965 Children find trunk with corpse in Amsterdam canal
September 25, 1964 Jens Otto Krag forms minority government in Denmark
September 25, 1962 Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia
September 25, 1962 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title
September 25, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
September 25, 1962 Weatherly (U.S.) beats Gretel (Australia) in 19th running of America’s Cup
September 25, 1962 Yankees clinch AL pennant
September 25, 1961 KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 25, 1960 Chubby Checker’s “Twist,” hits #1
September 25, 1960 For 1st time since 1927, Pirates clinch NL pennant
September 25, 1960 New York Yankees clinch AL pennant
September 25, 1960 Phillies beat Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday loses
September 25, 1959 Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley (37) and David Brown (43) wed
September 25, 1957 300 U.S. Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Ark
September 25, 1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
September 25, 1957 Soviet 7 year plan (1959-1965) announced
September 25, 1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)
September 25, 1956 Brooklyn Dodger Sal Maglie no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0
September 25, 1956 Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used
September 25, 1955 Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is youngest batting champ
September 25, 1955 Patty Berg wins LPGA Clock Golf Open
September 25, 1954 Francois “Doc” Duvalier wins Haitian presidential election
September 25, 1954 Indians win AL record 111 games
September 25, 1954 WCBD TV channel 2 in Charleston, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
September 25, 1952 Hal Newhouser of Tigers wins his 200th game
September 25, 1949 4th U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs
September 25, 1949 Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place
September 25, 1948 “Heaven on Earth” closes at Century Theater New York City after 12 performances
September 25, 1943 Russian troops liberate Smolensk
September 25, 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years
September 25, 1940 German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government
September 25, 1940 Luftwaffe bombs Spitfire-factory in Southampton
September 25, 1939 German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs
September 25, 1939 Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I
September 25, 1937 “il duce” visits Berlin/named “the Fuhrer” to corporal 1st class
September 25, 1937 Battle of of P’ing-hsin-kuan Wutai Mountain
September 25, 1936 Joe Medwick sets a still-standing NL record with his 64th double
September 25, 1935 Maxwell Anderson’s “Winterset,” premieres in New York City
September 25, 1934 John Van Druten’s “Distaff Side,” premieres in New York City
September 25, 1934 Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive game
September 25, 1934 Rainbow (U.S.) beats Endeavour (England) in 16th America’s Cup
September 25, 1933 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia
September 25, 1933 5th “extermination campaign” against communists in Nanjing China
September 25, 1932 Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th HR in last game of season
September 25, 1930 Austrian government of Vaugoin forms
September 25, 1930 Roger Hornsby replaces Joe McCarthy as Cubs manager
September 25, 1930 Zoe Akins’ “Greeks Had a Word for it,” premieres in New York City
September 25, 1929 Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam
September 25, 1926 9th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Salisbury GC Westbury NY
September 25, 1926 Canadian government of MacKenzie King forms
September 25, 1926 Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week
September 25, 1926 International slavery convention signed by 20 states
September 25, 1926 NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings
September 25, 1926 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
September 25, 1926 Yankees take a doubleheader from Browns to clinch AL pennant
September 25, 1924 Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH
September 25, 1922 Giants beat St. Louis, to clinch John McGraw’s 8th pennant
September 25, 1920 34th U.S. Womens Tennis: M B Mallory beats M Zinderstein (63 61)
September 25, 1920 Vern Bradburn of Winnipeg Victorias kicks 9 singles in a game
September 25, 1919 President Woodrow Wilson is paralyzed by a stroke
September 25, 1915 Battle at Loos: 8,246 British and 0 German casualties
September 25, 1911 French battleship Liberte explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed
September 25, 1911 Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park
September 25, 1911 Italy declares war on Turkey
September 25, 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in N.Y.
September 25, 1908 Cubs’ Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout
September 25, 1907 Jean Sibelius’ 3rd Symphony, premieres
September 25, 1906 John Galsworthy’s “Silver Box,” premieres in London
September 25, 1904 Charles Follis is 1st black to play pro football
September 25, 1897 1st British bus service opens
September 25, 1890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park
September 25, 1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure “Silver Blaze”
September 25, 1888 Royal Court Theatre, London, opens
September 25, 1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes “Hound of Baskervilles”
September 25, 1886 Comedy opera “Dorothy,” 1st produced in London
September 25, 1882 1st baseball doubleheader (Providence and Worcester)
September 25, 1867 Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard U in Washington D.C.
September 25, 1862 Skirmish at Davis’ Bridge, Tennessee
September 25, 1861 Secretary of U.S. Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
September 25, 1857 Relief of Lucknow by Havelock and Outram begins
September 25, 1846 US troops under Gen Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico
September 25, 1844 Canada defeat USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international
September 25, 1836 HMS Beagle anchors at St. Michael
September 25, 1829 Failed assassination attempt on Simon Bolivar
September 25, 1804 12th amendment to U.S. constitution, regulating judicial power
September 25, 1789 Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify)
September 25, 1781 Joan Derks scatters “On the People of Netherlands” pamphlets
September 25, 1780 Benedict Arnold joins the British
September 25, 1777 English general William Howe conquers Philadelphia
September 25, 1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured
September 25, 1690 Publick Occurrences, 1st U.S. (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st and last ed
September 25, 1663 Austrian Fort Neuhausl surrenders to Turkish invasion army
September 25, 1654 England and Denmark sign trade agreement
September 25, 1639 1st printing press in America
September 25, 1639 Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening
September 25, 1597 Amiens surrenders to French King Henri IV
September 25, 1560 Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg, 1st archbishop of Utrecht
September 25, 1555 Freedom of Religion in Augsburg
September 25, 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean
September 25, 1493 Columbus sails with 17 ships on 2nd voyage to America
September 25, 1492 Crewman on Pinta sights “land”-a few weeks early
September 25, 1396 Battle of Nicopolis: Sultan Bajezid I defeats Crusades armies
September 25, 1340 England and France sign disarmament treaty
September 25, 1212 Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia)
September 25, 1066 Battle of Stampford Bridge King Harold Godwinson II of England, beaten by his brother King Harold Hardrada of Norway
September 25, 955 Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees
September 25, 953 Ratherius becomes bishop of Luik

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North Korea nuclear seals removed

September 24, 2008 at 12:10 pm (What is New Today)
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Seals that stopped North Korea from using its main nuclear plant are removed, amid a dispute over an aid deal.

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Today’s Birthdays

September 24, 2008 at 12:06 pm (History)
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* F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940): Jazz Age author, The Great Gatsby
* Gerry Marsden (66): musician, Gerry and the Pacemakers
* Gordon Clapp (60): NYPD Blue’s Greg Medavoy; also, actors Phil Hartman (1948-1998), Kevin Sorbo (50), Nia Vardalos (46), Megan Ward (39) and Kyle Sullivan (20)
* “Mean” Joe Greene (62): NFL legend; athletes Kevin Millar (37) and Eddie George (35) share this birth date
* Paul and Morgan Hamm (26): Olympics gymnasts; Olympics sportscaster Jim McKay (1921-2008) was also born on this date

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Today Girl Child Day

September 24, 2008 at 12:03 pm (Today's Highlights)
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“You created my inmost self, knit me together in my mother’s womb.
For so many marvels I thank you, a wonder am I, and all your works are wonders. You knew me through and through, my being held no secrets from you,
When I was being formed in secret, textured in the depths of the earth”

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Two Planets Suffer Violent Collision

September 24, 2008 at 12:02 pm (DIscovery)

Two terrestrial planets orbiting a mature sun-like star some 300 light-years from Earth recently suffered a violent collision, astronomers at UCLA, Tennessee State University and the California Institute of Technology will report in a December issue of the Astrophysical Journal.

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History of 20 September

September 20, 2008 at 11:02 am (Uncategorized)

September 20, 2004 Tropical Storm Jeanne kills more than 550 during flooding in Haiti
September 20, 2000 Patent on RSA cryptograph algorithm ends
September 20, 1997 Yanks clinch 37th appearance in post season, 3rd consecutive
September 20, 1995 Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central
September 20, 1994 Space shuttle STS-64 (Discovery 20), lands
September 20, 1992 Colleen Walker wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
September 20, 1992 Frances votes in favor of Maastricht treaty
September 20, 1992 Leanza Cornett (Florida), 21, crowned 66th Miss America 1993
September 20, 1992 Phils’ Mickey Moradini makes an unassisted triple play
September 20, 1992 Space shuttle STS-47 (Endeavour 2) lands
September 20, 1991 Lion’s Terry Taylor reinstated after 1 year drug related suspension
September 20, 1990 Both Germanys ratify reunification
September 20, 1990 Saddam Hussein demands U.S. networks broadcast his message
September 20, 1990 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 20, 1989 FW De Klerk sworn in as president of South Africa
September 20, 1989 Musical “Miss Saigon,” premieres in London
September 20, 1989 US Air overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, 2 people die
September 20, 1988 Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run
September 20, 1988 Greg Louganis wins Olympic gold medal in springboard diving
September 20, 1988 Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons
September 20, 1987 “Big River” closes at Eugene O’Neill Theater New York City after 1005 performances
September 20, 1987 39th Emmy Awards: LA Law, Bruce Willis and Sharon Gless wins
September 20, 1987 Alain Prost wins record 28th Formula one auto race
September 20, 1987 Dwight Clark ends NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
September 20, 1987 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
September 20, 1987 Walter Payton scores NFL record 107th rushing touchdown
September 20, 1986 Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead State
September 20, 1985 Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players
September 20, 1985 Walt Disney World receives its 200-millionth guest
September 20, 1984 “Cosby Show” premieres on NBC-TV
September 20, 1984 Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time
September 20, 1984 Suicide car bomb attacks U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23
September 20, 1983 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play New York Mets at Shea Stadium
September 20, 1983 Cryptographic Communications System and Method (RSA) patented
September 20, 1982 Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan vs. Australia
September 20, 1982 NFL players begin a 57 day strike
September 20, 1981 24th Ryder Cup: U.S., 18 -9 at Walton Heath GC, England
September 20, 1981 Belize declares independence
September 20, 1981 Joe Danelo kicks then New York Giant record 55 yard field goal
September 20, 1981 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
September 20, 1980 Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of Thurman Munson at Yankee Stadium
September 20, 1980 George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good
September 20, 1980 Plaque dedicated in Thurman Munson’s memory at Yankee Stadium
September 20, 1980 Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out
September 20, 1979 Coup in Central African Rep: David Dacko overthrows emperor Bokassa I
September 20, 1979 Jose E dod Santos becomes president of Angola
September 20, 1979 NASA launches HEAO
September 20, 1978 “Eubie!” opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 439 performances
September 20, 1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
September 20, 1978 Yamada Mumon Roshi visits Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach Germany
September 20, 1977 “Estrada” opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 7 performances
September 20, 1977 Vietnam and Djibouti ask for membership in U.N.
September 20, 1977 Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
September 20, 1976 Metroliner official opens in Brussels
September 20, 1976 Playboy releases Jimmy Carter’s interview that he lusts for women
September 20, 1976 Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion
September 20, 1975 21st Ryder Cup: U.S., 21-11 at Laurel Valley GC Pa
September 20, 1975 David Bowie’s “Fame,” single goes #1 for 2 weeks
September 20, 1975 Gary Sentman draws a record 176 lb longbow to a maximum 28″ draw
September 20, 1973 Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
September 20, 1973 Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season
September 20, 1972 Police find cannabis growing on Paul and Linda McCartney’s farm
September 20, 1970 Jim Morrison found not guilty of “lewd” behavior
September 20, 1970 Luna 16 lands on Moon’s Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample
September 20, 1969 18th Ryder Cup: Draw, 16-16 at Royal Birkdale, England
September 20, 1969 Archies’ “Sugar Sugar” hits #1
September 20, 1969 Pittsburgh Pirate Bob Moose no-hits New York Mets, 4-0
September 20, 1968 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
September 20, 1967 Benin separates from Nigeria
September 20, 1967 British liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at Clydebank, Scotland
September 20, 1967 Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38
September 20, 1967 WCAE TV channel 50 in St. John, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 20, 1967 WCIX TV channel 6 in Miami, Florida (CBS) begins broadcasting
September 20, 1966 U.S. Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23
September 20, 1965 WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 20, 1964 Gunter Grass’ “Die Plebejern proben den Aufstand,” premieres in Berlin
September 20, 1964 Paramount Theater (New York City) presented the Beatles with Steve and Eydie
September 20, 1963 John F. Kennedy proposes a joint U.S. – Soviet voyage to the moon
September 20, 1962 Ben Bella wins 1st elections in independent Algeria
September 20, 1962 Gov R Barnett refuses to admit a black to Miss Univ (James Meredith)
September 20, 1961 After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls
September 20, 1961 James Meredith refused access as a student in Mississippi
September 20, 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
September 20, 1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
September 20, 1960 U.N. General Assembly admit 13 African countries and Cyprus (96 nations)
September 20, 1960 WFSU TV channel 11 in Tallahassee, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 20, 1959 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Links Golf Invitation Open
September 20, 1958 Baltimore Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits New York Yankees 1-0
September 20, 1958 Ferhat Abbas forms Algerian government in exile (Cairo)
September 20, 1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
September 20, 1955 Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH
September 20, 1955 Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 HRS in a season
September 20, 1954 1st FORTRAN computer program run
September 20, 1954 1st National People’s Congress adopts Chinese constitution
September 20, 1954 KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 20, 1954 Los Stravinsky’s “In Memoriam Dylan Thomas,” premieres in Angeles
September 20, 1954 Roger Bannister awarded Britain’s Silver Pears Trophy
September 20, 1953 Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR
September 20, 1952 KPTV TV channel 12 in Portland, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
September 20, 1951 1st North Pole jet crossing
September 20, 1951 NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball
September 20, 1951 Swiss males votes against female suffrage
September 20, 1949 Dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%
September 20, 1949 Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional
September 20, 1948 “Magdalena” opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 48 performances
September 20, 1948 Mexican Baseball league disbanded
September 20, 1946 Churchill argues for a “US of Europe”
September 20, 1945 German rocket engineers begin work in U.S.
September 20, 1944 Polish forces free Terneuzen Neth
September 20, 1943 Liberator bombers sinks U-338
September 20, 1942 Gunther Hagg becomes world champ of all records from 1500m to 5000m
September 20, 1939 British fleet takes German U-27 boat
September 20, 1939 Joe Louis KOs Bob Pastor in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
September 20, 1938 Dmitri Shostakovitch’s Suite for jazz orchestra, premieres
September 20, 1938 Emlyn Williams’ “Corn is Green,” premieres in London
September 20, 1935 Pitts Crawfords beat New York Cubans to win Negro NL Championship, 3-0
September 20, 1933 Pittsburgh Steelers (as Pirates) play 1st NFL game, lose 23-2
September 20, 1932 Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant
September 20, 1932 Dutch South Seas rebaptized in IJsselmeer
September 20, 1932 Gandhi begins hunger strike against treatment of untouchables
September 20, 1931 Lou Gehrig’s 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
September 20, 1927 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th HR of season off Tom Zachry
September 20, 1924 Carl Mays is 1st pitcher to win 20 games seasons for 3 different teams
September 20, 1924 Cub’s Grover Cleveland Alexander beats New York Giants to win 300th game
September 20, 1922 Goodman and Atteridge’s musical “Passing Show,” premieres in New York City
September 20, 1922 Rogers Hornsby ends hitting streak of 33 games
September 20, 1919 2nd PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Engineers CC Roslyn NY
September 20, 1919 Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson’s major league mark of 27 HRs
September 20, 1919 Booth Tarkington’s “Clarence,” premieres in New York City
September 20, 1918 Royal Dutch Blast furnace and Steel factory opens in Hague
September 20, 1917 British assault on Polygon-forest, France
September 20, 1913 19th U.S. Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club MA
September 20, 1911 Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header
September 20, 1908 Chicago White Sox Frank Smith 2nd no-hitter, beats Philadelphia 1-0
September 20, 1905 Cleveland makes AL record 7 errors in an inning
September 20, 1904 George Ade’s “College Widow,” premieres in New York City
September 20, 1904 Orville and Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II
September 20, 1902 Chicago White Sox Jim Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
September 20, 1896 John Mcdermott wins 1st U.S. marathon (New York City)
September 20, 1884 6.2 mile Arlberg railroad tunnel completed in Austria
September 20, 1884 Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for President and VP
September 20, 1881 Chester A. Arthur sworn in as 21st president
September 20, 1879 U.S. Grants come to San Francisco for elaborate extended visit
September 20, 1877 Chase National Bank opens in New York City (later merges into Chase Manhattan)
September 20, 1876 Ottawa Football Club forms
September 20, 1873 Panic sweeps New York Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) New York shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal
September 20, 1870 Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French
September 20, 1870 Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing New York treasury
September 20, 1870 Pope Pius IX surrenders to King Victor Emmanuel
September 20, 1863 Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tennessee, ends
September 20, 1861 Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union
September 20, 1860 1st British royalty to visit U.S., Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
September 20, 1859 George Simpson patents electric range
September 20, 1854 Battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died
September 20, 1854 British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in Crimea
September 20, 1850 Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue
September 20, 1839 1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem)
September 20, 1833 Charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires
September 20, 1830 1st Negro Convention of Free Men agree to boycott slave-produced goods
September 20, 1828 Gioacchino Rossini’s opera “Le Comte Ory,” premieres in Paris
September 20, 1797 U.S. frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston
September 20, 1793 British troops under maj-gen Williamson lands on (French) Haiti
September 20, 1792 French defeat Prussians at Valmy
September 20, 1787 Prince Willem V returns to Hague
September 20, 1777 Paoli massacre
September 20, 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France from Scotland
September 20, 1697 Peace of Saki (ends 9 years war)
September 20, 1688 French troops occupies Palts
September 20, 1674 2nd West Indie Company forms
September 20, 1664 Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men
September 20, 1643 1st battle at Newbury: King Charles I vs Robert Devereux’ armies
September 20, 1620 Battle at Jassy: Turks beat king Sigismund III of Poland
September 20, 1604 Spanish army under Spinola recaptures Oostende
September 20, 1565 Spaniards capture Fort Caroline Florida and massacre the French
September 20, 1530 Luther advises protestant monarch compromise
September 20, 1519 Ferdinand Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of world
September 20, 1378 Robert de Geneve, “butcher of Cesena” crowned anti-pope Clemens VII
September 20, 1258 Cathedral of Salisbury inaugurated
September 20, 622 Prophet Mohammed/Abu Bakr arrives in Jathrib (Medina)
September 20, 451 General Aetius defeats Attila the Hun at Chalons-sur-Marne
September 20, 368 Emperor Valentinianus visits Nijmegen

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Today’s Highlights September 20, 2008

September 20, 2008 at 10:58 am (DIscovery)

Spotlight: When Joyce Brothers was 25, she earned her PhD in psychology from Columbia University. She was married by that time and, when her daughter was born, she opted to stay at home with her, rather than continue teaching. She and her husband ran into financial difficulties and Brothers tried out to be a contestant on the quiz show, $64,000 Question. To prepare for the show, she memorized a 20-volume boxing encyclopedia. She was the only woman and second person ever to walk away with the top prize and went on to win a follow-up, the $64,000 Challenge. Her instant celebrity made her a popular guest on talk shows and one of America’s first and foremost pop psychologists. Happy birthday to Dr. Joyce Brothers, who turns 80 today.

Quote: “I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.” — Joyce Brothers

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