On this day, space/science/tech history (Oct 14th)

[yruc]

1834 1st African American to obtain a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter <br />1857 Elwood Haynes auto pioneer, built one of 1st US autos is born<br />1884 George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film <br />1922 1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in NYC <br />1947 Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)<br />1965 Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 80 km <br />1968 1st live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7) <br />1968 Gruener & Watson (US) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas<br />1976 Soyuz 23 carries 2 to Salyut 6, but returns without docking <br />1978 1st TV movie from a TV series-"Rescue from Gilligan's Island" <br />1987 In Midland, Tx 1«-year-old Jessica McClure falls 22' (7m) down a well (okay I remember this one, I am getting old....)<br /><br />Source: http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/