Good Morning!
On this day in 1841 the Erie Railroad rolled out its first passenger train.
In 1908 a meteor explosion in Siberia knocked down trees in a 40-mile radius and struck people unconscious some 40 miles away.
In 1934 Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the “Night of the Long Knives.”
In 1936 Margaret Mitchell’s book, “Gone with the Wind,” was published.
And in 1953 the first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250.
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Quote of the Day
“Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.”
John Gay
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Today is composer Laszlo Lajtha’s birthday.
It’s Stanley Clarke’s too.
And it’s also Glenn Shorrock’s as well. I haven’t heard this in years. 🙂
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