May 6, 2009

6 - Hindenburg Disaster

1889: the Paris Exposition formally opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower.

1937: Hindenburg Disaster-- Called the "Titanic in the Sky," the hydrogen-filled German dirigible caught fire and crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground.

1981: Yale architecture student Maya Ying Lin was named winner of a competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Today's Birthdays:
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Orson Welles (1915-1985)
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Willie Mays (1931)
Singer Bob Seger (1945)

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Something to Think About:
"Nothing encourages creativity like the chance to fall flat on one's face." ~ James D. Finley