On this day in history.

[scifan57]

How about this. Thanks for that electrifying revelation, it gave me the jolt I needed.

 

[Roy Rob]

How about this. Thanks for that electrifying revelation, it gave me the jolt I needed.

Thanks.

 

[schmucky62]

January 6, 1912 – German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.

I'll bet he would have liked the movie. Ice Age. Continental Drift.

 

[scifan57]

January 7, 1785; Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries travelled from Dover to Calais by gas balloon in the first crossing of the English Channel by air.

 

[tlbaker]

Well thank you tlbaker, she had a lovely day even though it was last Wednesday. Give Miles a little kiss from us he is so cute........k?

Wonderful. Thank you, I will kiss him for you. OR you can kiss him yourself . Have a great day!!



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[scifan57]

January 7, 1947; Rudolph he Red-Nosed Reindeer is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts. It's the second most popular Christmas record after White Christmas.

 

[J. A.]

January 7, 1610 – Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able distinguish the last two until the following day.

 

[J. A.]

January 8, 1935: Elvis Aaron Presley is born

 

[scifan57]

January 8, 1642; Galileo Galilei, the first person to use a telescope to look at the night sky, died in Italy at the age of 77.

 

[Richard Brown]

9th January 1862, the first train ran on the London Underground.

Today, a vintage train pulled by a steam engine runs/ran between Paddington and Farringdon stations.

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[scifan57]

January 9, 2007; Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone.

 

[zstairlessone]

January 9, 2007; Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone.

Hard to believe only 6 years ago

 

[scifan57]

January 10, 1901; at Spindletop Hill, near Beaumont, Texas; an oil Derrick produces an enormous gusher of crude oil and ushers in the American oil industry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindletop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lucas_gusher.jpg

 

[Richard Brown]

9th January 1862, the first train ran on the London Underground.

Today, a vintage train pulled by a steam engine runs/ran between Paddington and Farringdon stations.

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This is out of sequence. Sorry, but it appears I was early with this item. The anniversary train will run on Sunday, 13th January. Here is a video of the test run. Scroll down the page to find the video. http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-01-10/london-underground-tube-150-years-anniversary/

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[scifan57]

This is out of sequence. Sorry, but it appears I was early with this item. The anniversary train will run on Sunday, 13th January. Here is a video of the test run. Scroll down the page to find the video. http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-01-10/london-underground-tube-150-years-anniversary/

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Thanks for sharing that wonderful video, Richard. If you can, post a video of the actual anniversary run.