On this day in history.

[Richard Brown]

August 7, 1947: Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.

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Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki

I read the book about the voyage - The Kon Tiki Adventure - a couple of tomes. It's a great read

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[J. A.]

I read the book about the voyage - The Kon Tiki Adventure - a couple of tomes. It's a great read

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Sounds interesting. Is it about the voyage only, or is manifacturing included?

 

[Richard Brown]

Sounds interesting. Is it about the voyage only, or is manifacturing included?

Research, construction and the voyage are covered. The book, by Thor Heyerdal, could be available on index.org or google books - I'm pretty sure it is out of copyright.

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EDIT... I've just checked index.org and Kon Tiki by Thor H is available.

HTH

Richard

 

[J. A.]

Research, construction and the voyage are covered. The book, by Thor Heyerdal, could be available on index.org or google books - I'm pretty sure it is out of copyright.

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EDIT... I've just checked index.org and Kon Tiki by Thor H is available.

HTH

Richard

Thank you! I found it as well!

 

[J. A.]

August 8, 1969: At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the photo that becomes the cover of the Beatles album Abbey Road, one of the most famous album covers in recording history.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Macmillan

 

[squib]

JA and Richard - we had to read Kon Tiki in high school. Required reading list! But get this.....voluntary attendance!!! HA HA HA HA I think the teachers were hippies and as stoned as most of the students! I must say NOT ME tho'. I was a farm girl who wanted to ride my horse forever! That was my best high in those days! I still laugh tho when I think of all the required stuff they gave us at the same time as voluntary attendance! An oxymoron I would think!

 

[Richard Brown]

JA and Richard - we had to read Kon Tiki in high school. Required reading list! But get this.....voluntary attendance!!! HA HA HA HA I think the teachers were hippies and as stoned as most of the students! I must say NOT ME tho'. I was a farm girl who wanted to ride my horse forever! That was my best high in those days! I still laugh tho when I think of all the required stuff they gave us at the same time as voluntary attendance! An oxymoron I would think!

I like your memories Squib

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[J. A.]

JA and Richard - we had to read Kon Tiki in high school. Required reading list! But get this.....voluntary attendance!!! HA HA HA HA I think the teachers were hippies and as stoned as most of the students! I must say NOT ME tho'. I was a farm girl who wanted to ride my horse forever! That was my best high in those days! I still laugh tho when I think of all the required stuff they gave us at the same time as voluntary attendance! An oxymoron I would think!

We had to read a lot of books (not voluntarily), and I never had a problem with that, except for one: "Buddenbrooks" by Thomas Mann. I liked his "Felix Krull" and read it several times after finishing school, but I've never managed to read the other one entirely. It's still somewhere in my library, I think.

 

[scifan57]

August 8, 1988; the first Major League night game in the history of Wrigley Field is played as the Chicago Cubs became the last Major League team to play a night home game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Field#Lights

 

[J. A.]

August 9, 1962: Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss writer, Nobel Laureate, dies.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hesse

 

[scifan57]

August 9, 1995; Jerry Garcia, lead guitar and founder of the Grateful Dead, dies of a heart attack at a residential rug-treatment facility in Forest Knolls, California.

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



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grateful_Dead_-_Jerry_Garcia.jpg

 

[J. A.]

August 10, 1675: The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich

 

[J. A.]

August 11, 1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth

 

[scifan57]

August 11, 1934; the first Federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz, the former military prison; now a Federal penitentiary for the most dangerous prisoners. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island

 

[J. A.]

August 12, 1990: Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, was discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_(dinosaur)