onthisday

#OnThisDay 1962: Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule. #NASA #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) May 24, 2013

#OnThisDay 1906: The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their “Flying-Machine”. #OnThisDay — https://t.co/X0dpdJa1sy Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) May 22, 2013 louistrapani: #OnThisDay 1906: The Wright brothers are granted U.S....

And I was on line for it… #OnThisDay in 1980: #StarWars - (Episode V) The Empire Strikes Back is released. #TESB #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) May 21, 2013

#OnThisDay 1927: Charles Lindbergh touches down in Paris, completing the world’s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) May 21, 2013

#OnThisDay 1899: 1st traffic ticket in the US: NYC taxi driver Jacob German was arrested for speeding while driving 12 mph on Lexington St. Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) May 20, 2013

#OnThisDay in 1973: Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launched. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) May 14, 2013

Don't make me angry » #OnThisDay in 1962: Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. #hulk #marvel #comics Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) May 10, 2013

#OnThisDay in 1975: Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) May 10, 2013

#OnThisDay 1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute — https://t.co/wb5zdmDVIe Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) May 06, 2013 louistrapani: #OnThisDay 1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin...

#OnThisDay in 1981: Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse. #tech #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) April 27, 2013