1861 – The First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express. Message transit time from one coast to the other goes from ten days to instantaneous.
1911 – Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina setting a new world record that stood for 10 years.
1929 – “Black Thursday” stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange. Ultimately, a big screwup in financial markets opens the door for massive expansion of socialism. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
1940 – 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938)
1944 – World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, and the battleship Musashi are sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the biggest battle in naval history.
1971 – Texas Stadium opens-Cowboys beat Patriots 44-21. Stadium has a big hole in the roof because even G-d wants to watch the Cowboys play.
1973 – Yom Kippur War officially ends with Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus.
2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
That 40 hour thing didn’t ever seem to catch up with the wheatfield harvest, working livestock and damn sure when I went into business.
In reference to 1929:
I’d have to disagree with repeating our mistakes – we have never stopped since then, so it can’t be a repeat!
Merle