Dec 17, 2009

December 17th

Did you know on this day...?

  • 1791 New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street

  • 1875 Violent bread riots in Montreal (not too sure what that was all about)

  • 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first flight in their plane at Kitty Hawk, N.C. The day's record...852 feet in 59 seconds.

  • 1946 Chart topper...White Christmas by Bing Crosby

  • 1969 The U.S. Air Force ended its "Project Blue Book" and concluded that there was no evidence of extraterrestial activity behind UFO sightings. (Good to know)

  • 1979 Stan Barrett is the first person to break the sound barrier on land...739.6 mph.

One more thing...

  • 2009 1 month til Allyson's due date!

Hope you have a great December 17th!

Mark and Allyson

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