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07/24/2008
11:08 AM
July 24, 1957 – Western Electric Builds the DEW Line
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
cold war
early warning
motorola
raytheon
search radar
...
07/25/2008
3:53 PM
by
EnviroMan
1
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07/23/2008
9:40 AM
July 23, 1970 - The First McDonnell-Douglas DC-10
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
american airlines
chicago crash
dc-10 accidents
FAA
wide-bodied jets
07/23/2008
9:40 AM
by
Moose
0
94
07/17/2008
2:21 PM
July 17, 1956 – The X-17 Research Rocket
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
cold war
ICBMs
Lockheed
solid-fueled rockets
Thiokol
07/17/2008
2:21 PM
by
Moose
0
151
07/16/2008
4:20 PM
July 16, 1957 – John Glenn's Transcontinental, Supersonic Flight
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
military aircraft
supersonic flight
transcontinental flight
07/16/2008
4:20 PM
by
Moose
0
145
07/08/2008
10:33 AM
July 8, 1955 – Project Whoosh and Supersonic Flight
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
acceleration
animal experiments
deceleration
supersonic
07/09/2008
10:56 AM
by
Ron
5
158
06/30/2008
4:01 PM
June 30, 1977 – Cancelling the B-1A Bomber
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
B-1 Bomber
B-1A
B-1B
b-52
06/30/2008
4:01 PM
by
Moose
0
193
06/26/2008
9:41 AM
June 26, 1957 – The X-14 Experimental Aircraft
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
bell aircraft
jet engines
Lunar lander
ryan aeronautical
VTOL
...
06/27/2008
8:19 AM
by
Moose
4
217
06/24/2008
4:48 PM
June 24, 1957: The First Flying Saucer
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
aircraft
cowlings
DC-4
instrument panels
UFOs
06/27/2008
9:43 AM
by
EnviroMan
7
258
06/20/2008
12:05 AM
June 20, 1977 – Oil Flows Through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
alaska
oil
TAPS
trans-alaskan pipeline system
06/20/2008
12:05 AM
by
Moose
0
101
06/18/2008
7:33 AM
June 18, 1983 – The First American Woman in Space
by
julie
Pathfinder Tags:
first woman in space
Sally Ride
sts-7
06/19/2008
12:43 PM
by
julie
2
90
06/17/2008
10:30 AM
June 17, 1885: The Statue of Liberty Arrives
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
architects
architecture
Copper
marine transport
monuments
...
06/17/2008
10:30 AM
by
Moose
0
160
06/09/2008
12:00 AM
June 9, 1909 - The First Woman to Drive Across the U.S.
by
Sharkles
Pathfinder Tags:
Alice Ramsey
automobiles
automotive history
Maxwell
women's history
06/09/2012
12:00 AM
by
Sharkles
0
118
05/27/2008
3:12 PM
May 27, 1937: The Golden Gate Bridge Opens
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
civil engineering
hard hats
joseph strauss
safety nets
06/10/2008
10:15 PM
by
Ferris
5
136
05/22/2008
12:01 AM
May 22, 1968 - Cold War Mystery: The Sinking of the USS Scorpion
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
nuclear submarines
ships
Soviet Navy
U.S. Navy
05/28/2008
9:17 AM
by
Kyoto
9
436
05/19/2008
12:01 AM
May 19, 1780 - New England's Darkest Day
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
david ludlum
forest fires
harvard college
meterologists
05/24/2008
12:41 AM
by
Taganan
1
423
05/16/2008
12:00 AM
May 16, 1903 – The First Transcontinental Motorcycle Trip
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
bikers
motorbikes
motorcycles
motorized bicycles
05/16/2008
12:00 AM
by
Moose
0
122
05/15/2008
12:01 AM
May 15, 1987 – Polyus: The Soviet Response to Star Wars
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
ASAT weapons
beam weapons
cold war
space program
spacecraft
05/15/2008
12:01 AM
by
Moose
0
270
05/07/2008
12:01 AM
May 7, 1956 - A Second Texas Tower Guards the Atlantic
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
air defense
cold war
radar platforms
radar stations
05/08/2008
2:56 PM
by
Moose
4
205
05/05/2008
12:01 AM
May 5, 1809 - The First American Woman to Receive a U.S. Patent
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
connecticut
mary kies
textile industry
05/06/2008
12:32 PM
by
EnviroMan
1
93
05/01/2008
12:01 AM
May 1, 1900 – The Winter Quarters Coal Mine Disaster
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
coal dust
mining accidents
mining disasters
scofield mine disaster
05/01/2008
12:01 AM
by
Moose
0
103
04/29/2008
12:01 AM
April 29, 1851 – Professor Page and the Electro-Magnetic Locomotive
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
batteries
electric railroads
electric transportation
railroads
trains
04/29/2008
12:01 AM
by
Moose
0
147
04/23/2008
12:01 AM
April 23, 1957 – Unveiling the X-15
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
manned space flight
north american x-15
space plane
04/23/2008
12:01 AM
by
Moose
0
176
04/21/2008
12:01 AM
April 21, 1955 - The First Aerobee-Hi Sounding Rocket
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
Aerojet Engineering Corp.
Holloman AFB
New Mexico
rockets
White Sands
04/21/2008
12:01 AM
by
Moose
0
93
04/15/2008
12:01 AM
April 15, 1979 - Stopping the Shipment of Bulk Fluorocarbons
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
aerosols
CFCs
chlorofluorocarbons
ozone layer
stratosphere
04/18/2008
9:18 AM
by Guest
3
72
04/10/2008
6:00 AM
April 10, 1940 — MAUD Committee is established
by
julie
Pathfinder Tags:
James Conant
manhattan project
MAUD committee
Vannevar Bush
04/10/2008
2:22 PM
by
Moose
1
96
03/31/2008
6:00 AM
March 31, 1951 - The first UNIVAC I is delivered
by
julie
Pathfinder Tags:
UNIVAC
UNIVAC I
04/17/2008
7:45 PM
by
bicycledisciple
3
226
03/07/2008
12:01 AM
March 7, 1956 – McDonnell Aircraft Delivers the Demon
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
allison
demon doctors
jets
mcdonnel aircraft
westinghouse
03/10/2008
5:31 PM
by
philippe martin
1
264
02/22/2008
12:21 PM
February 22, 1924: The Second Radio Broadcast from the White House
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
broadcasting
radio broadcasts
04/01/2008
9:11 AM
by
Moose
4
105
02/21/2008
9:45 AM
February 21, 1804: The First Self-Propelled Steam Locomotive
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
john blenkinsop
pennydaren locomotive
richard trevithick
william hedley
02/21/2008
9:45 AM
by
Moose
0
189
02/16/2008
12:01 AM
February 16, 1956 – The First Fatal Crash of a B-52 Bomber
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
aerospace engineering
aerospace history
aircraft
b-52
05/02/2008
8:07 AM
by
Moose
11
380
02/08/2008
12:00 AM
February 8th, 1855 – The Devil’s Footprints
by
Sharkles
Pathfinder Tags:
Devil's Footprints
Devon
engineering
mystery
02/11/2008
10:48 PM
by
Ferris
19
472
02/04/2008
12:00 AM
February 3rd, 1966 – Luna 9 Makes First Soft-Landing on the Moon
by
Sharkles
Pathfinder Tags:
aerospace
engineering history
Luna 9
space race
02/04/2008
12:00 AM
by
Sharkles
0
161
01/31/2008
12:01 AM
January 31, 1958 – Explorer 1: America's First Satellite
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
NASA
pickering
sputnik
vanguard
von braun
01/31/2008
12:01 AM
by
Moose
0
147
01/29/2008
12:01 AM
January 29, 1886 – The First Patent for a Gasoline-Powered Motor Car
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
automobiles
cars
gasoline
karl benz
motor cars
01/29/2008
12:01 AM
by
Moose
0
173
01/04/2008
4:39 PM
January 4, 1957 - Sputnik 1 Returns
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
aerodynamic friction
drag
skin friction
space race
01/05/2008
12:49 AM
by
cnpower
1
171
12/13/2007
12:01 AM
December 13, 1957 – The Last Two-Seat Ford Thunderbird
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
classic cars
corvette
T-bird
03/28/2008
8:39 AM
by
Moose
6
253
12/12/2007
12:01 AM
December 12, 1901: The First Transatlantic Radio Signal?
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
Broadband
radio waves
wireless communications
12/18/2007
7:09 PM
by
Sparkstation
16
186
12/05/2007
11:39 AM
December 5, 1956 - The First Flight of the FJ-4B Fury
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
aerospace
aircraft
jet engines
12/06/2007
4:21 PM
by
Moose
4
288
11/30/2007
6:00 AM
November 30, 1954 – Woman hit by Space Rock!
by
julie
Pathfinder Tags:
meteorites
12/03/2007
8:20 AM
by
JimR79
2
230
11/28/2007
12:01 AM
November 28, 1660 – The Royal Society is Born
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
great scientists
history of science
11/28/2007
12:01 AM
by
Moose
0
88
11/27/2007
12:02 AM
November 27, 1956 – Operation Quick Kick
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
B-52 stratofortress
Convair B-36 peacemaker
J57 engine
11/27/2007
12:02 AM
by
Moose
0
159
11/21/2007
8:01 AM
November 21, 1957 – The Special Committee on Space Technology
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
aerodynamics
astronautics
NACA
NASA
space race
11/21/2007
12:01 PM
by
Moose
0
102
11/20/2007
6:00 AM
November 20 - SETI Institute is founded
by
julie
Pathfinder Tags:
aliens
extraterrestrials
SETI
11/21/2007
11:06 PM
by
water buffalo
2
126
11/09/2007
12:01 AM
November 9, 1956 – Crash of the Martin XP6M-1 SeaMaster
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
hydraulic control actuators
pitch control
seaplanes
03/09/2008
11:54 AM
by
Gannet
7
293
11/05/2007
6:00 AM
November 5, 1895 - The First U.S. Patent for an Automobile
by
julie
Pathfinder Tags:
automobile
George Selden
Henry Ford
11/06/2007
2:47 PM
by
case491
1
191
11/01/2007
12:01 AM
November 1, 1957 - The Mackinac Bridge Opens
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
bridges
civil engineering
I-75
interstate highway system
michigan
...
11/02/2007
8:26 AM
by
Moose
1
206
10/31/2007
11:00 AM
October 31, 2000 – The Last Multics Machine
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
linux
multicians
multics
OS
unix
11/02/2007
8:17 AM
by
Moose
1
163
10/25/2007
6:00 AM
October 25, 1944 – USS Tang is Sunk
by
julie
Pathfinder Tags:
submarine
torpedo
USS Tang
WWII
10/26/2007
9:26 AM
by
Moose
2
268
10/23/2007
12:01 AM
October 23, 1973 - The White House Recording System
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
dictabelt
dictaphone
elecret microphone
sony taper recorder
10/23/2007
12:01 AM
by
Moose
0
122
10/22/2007
12:01 AM
October 22, 1957 – The Jupiter IRBM
by
Moose
Pathfinder Tags:
aerospace
missiles
rockets
test flights
10/22/2007
12:01 AM
by
Moose
0
102
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