blue water massey
Well-known Member
Jan. 22
1946 Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency
1968 Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space
1970 The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage
1984 The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced
Birthdays:
1552 Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer
1865 Wilbur Scoville, American chemist and pharmacist ( the Scoville scale, to measure pungency, "spiciness" or "heat", of various chili peppers)
Deaths:
1798 Lewis Morris, American judge, politician and farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)
1901 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
1973 Lyndon B. Johnson, American lieutenant and politician, 36th President of the United States
Thought for the day:
" Early to rise and ditto to bed, make a man healthy, but socially dead. "
1946 Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency
1968 Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space
1970 The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage
1984 The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced
Birthdays:
1552 Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer
1865 Wilbur Scoville, American chemist and pharmacist ( the Scoville scale, to measure pungency, "spiciness" or "heat", of various chili peppers)
Deaths:
1798 Lewis Morris, American judge, politician and farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)
1901 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
1973 Lyndon B. Johnson, American lieutenant and politician, 36th President of the United States
Thought for the day:
" Early to rise and ditto to bed, make a man healthy, but socially dead. "