1840 Dr. John William Draper takes first photo of the Moon
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The first ever photo of the moon, taken by John Williams Draper |
1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent
1919 Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan, Italy
1942 US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers
1944 Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meters (18,000 feet) without a parachute and lives. That number was surpassed by Vesna Vulović in 1972 when she fell 10,000 meters (33,000 feet) and survived. After a long recovery she was able to walk again. The longest distance fallen by a man with a parachute was in 2012, when Red Bull athlete Felix Baumgartner jumped from 24 miles above earth.
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| Nicholas Alkemade survived a 5,500 meter fall with only a sprained leg. | |
1956 Sudan becomes independent
1966 First official meeting after 400 yearsof Catholic and Anglican Church
1972 Evel Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars
1985 Julian Lennon’s first concert is held in San Antonio, Texas
1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York governor. After receiving nearly one-third of the signatures needed on a petition to get his name on the ballot, he dropped out in early August.