This day in history - October 6
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:12 pm
1683 - German immigrants arrived in Pennsylvania to found (duh) Germantown.
Germans are a tiny percentage of the world population, but they are heavily represented in science, philosophy, mathematics, literature, music, and American history.
1866 - The now-nearly-forgotten Reno gang committed the first robbery of a moving train in Indiana, making off with $13.000. That was a fabulous amount for the time, but the gang continued operation for decades.
1927 - The first movie with a sound track, "The Jazz Singer," premiered in New York.
1959 - The Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft took the first photographs of the "dark side" of the moon (aside from the 2001: A Space Odyssey" aliens).
- Jim
Germans are a tiny percentage of the world population, but they are heavily represented in science, philosophy, mathematics, literature, music, and American history.
1866 - The now-nearly-forgotten Reno gang committed the first robbery of a moving train in Indiana, making off with $13.000. That was a fabulous amount for the time, but the gang continued operation for decades.
1927 - The first movie with a sound track, "The Jazz Singer," premiered in New York.
1959 - The Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft took the first photographs of the "dark side" of the moon (aside from the 2001: A Space Odyssey" aliens).
- Jim