2012 Anniversaries
What else has a significant anniversary that occurs in 2012? (all of the following come from http://en.Wikipedia.org)
Searching 1912, the big event is the sinking of the Titanic on April 15. Though for local baseball fans, the opening of Fenway Park on April 20th might be a bigger event.
In aviation, the first use of a plane for military purposes occurred (observation) and then in October the first offensive use of an airplane occurred (bombing a train).
And the Scoville Unit was devised (for measuring hot peppers)
Wernher von Braun was born on March 23.
A. E. van Vogt (SF writer) was born on April 26. Perhaps we could make him our "Ghost of Honor"?
Alan Turing was born on June 23.
Bram Stoker died on April 20
Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812
1962 had lots of interesting things happen.
February 20 - Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
April 26 - The Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon [without returning data]
May - The Hulk debuts with The Incredible Hulk #1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Spider-Man has his first appearance in August)
May 24 - Project Mercury: Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth 3 times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
July 10 - AT&T's Telstar, the world's first commercial communications satellite, is launched into orbit, and activated the next day.
July 17 - Nuclear testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site.
August 27 - NASA launches the Mariner 2 space probe. [Venus]
September 12 - President John F. Kennedy, at a speech at Rice University, reaffirms that the U.S. will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
September 29 - The Canadian Alouette 1, the first satellite built outside the United States and the Soviet Union, is launched from Vandenberg AFB in California.
October 5 - Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres in UK theaters.
October 14 - Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U-2 flight over Cuba takes photos of Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues the next day between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
November 3 - The term "personal computer" is first mentioned by the media. ["Pocket Computer May Replace Shopping List". The New York Times. November 3, 1962.]
November 29 - An agreement is signed between Britain and France to develop the Concorde supersonic airliner.
December 14 - U.S. spacecraft Mariner 2 flies by Venus, becoming the first probe to successfully transmit data from another planet.
A Clockwork Orange, written by Anthony Burgess, is published in 1962
Searching 1912, the big event is the sinking of the Titanic on April 15. Though for local baseball fans, the opening of Fenway Park on April 20th might be a bigger event.
In aviation, the first use of a plane for military purposes occurred (observation) and then in October the first offensive use of an airplane occurred (bombing a train).
And the Scoville Unit was devised (for measuring hot peppers)
Wernher von Braun was born on March 23.
A. E. van Vogt (SF writer) was born on April 26. Perhaps we could make him our "Ghost of Honor"?
Alan Turing was born on June 23.
Bram Stoker died on April 20
Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812
1962 had lots of interesting things happen.
February 20 - Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
April 26 - The Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon [without returning data]
May - The Hulk debuts with The Incredible Hulk #1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Spider-Man has his first appearance in August)
May 24 - Project Mercury: Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth 3 times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
July 10 - AT&T's Telstar, the world's first commercial communications satellite, is launched into orbit, and activated the next day.
July 17 - Nuclear testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site.
August 27 - NASA launches the Mariner 2 space probe. [Venus]
September 12 - President John F. Kennedy, at a speech at Rice University, reaffirms that the U.S. will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
September 29 - The Canadian Alouette 1, the first satellite built outside the United States and the Soviet Union, is launched from Vandenberg AFB in California.
October 5 - Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres in UK theaters.
October 14 - Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U-2 flight over Cuba takes photos of Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues the next day between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
November 3 - The term "personal computer" is first mentioned by the media. ["Pocket Computer May Replace Shopping List". The New York Times. November 3, 1962.]
November 29 - An agreement is signed between Britain and France to develop the Concorde supersonic airliner.
December 14 - U.S. spacecraft Mariner 2 flies by Venus, becoming the first probe to successfully transmit data from another planet.
A Clockwork Orange, written by Anthony Burgess, is published in 1962