On this Day

[klein]

Contents of a 1931 Maple Leaf Gardens time capsule to be revealed today

By The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – 54 minutes ago

TORONTO - The contents of a time capsule found during the renovation of Maple Leaf Gardens will be revealed today in Toronto.

 

[moreluck]

Contents of a 1931 Maple Leaf Gardens time capsule to be revealed today

By The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – 54 minutes ago

TORONTO - The contents of a time capsule found during the renovation of Maple Leaf Gardens will be revealed today in Toronto.

There's going to be a note inside that capsule that says, "S.S.D.D."

 

[TheKid]

Yup, no other hockey player can ever wear the number 99 !
That number has been retired for good !

He does deserve a picture :

Wayne Gretzky , also known as "The Great One" or "#99"

That is a great honor for the second greatest hockey player of all-time

 

[over9five]

Also Andrew's birthday! (one of our nephews)

 

[moreluck]

Orr?

 

[klein]

Orr?

If it would be Bobby Orr, that reminds me of my childhood or PHil Espisito. Those 2 were the hockey stars of my childhood time.
And in elementary school here in Edmonton, we got to watch the entire Games of the Russia - Canada series back in the cold war ara, of 1972 !

They stopped the classes, and we got to sit in the Auditorium and watch hocky at it's highest National level ever to be played.

 

[TheKid]

Orr?

Yes. Bobby Orr is the greatest hockey player ever.

 

[texan]

What clearly separates Orr from Gretzky is his on-ice toughness. He fought, sometimes savagely, with a barroom Irish temper.
If Gretzky was ABBA, Orr was The Clash. That's not necessarily an endorsement. It's just the way it is.
( I KNOW this should be on SPORTS) let us start a sports thread about it.

New book might answer Orr vs. Gretzky debate - NHL - ESPN

 

[pickup]

Oh , I have been drinking a lot[-]s[/-] [-]of that[/-] lately ! Honestly !

fixed it for ya!

 

[texan]

On this day 27 Jan 1965, Shelby GT 350 debuts.
Carroll Shelby (Lemans winner) convinced Ford to let him put his modifications and name
on a special run of Ford Mustang's. 22,000 were sold quickly.
Even more "hairy" were the less than 30 "G.T. 350R" race-spec cars that were built specifically to race under SCCA rules.

 

[texan]

Shelby note.. Today in 1965 is when Ford launched production of the GT350.
The Shelby GT 350 was an iteration of the first Ford Mustang, which was officially unveiled by Henery Ford II at the
World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York, on April 17, 1964.

 

[texan]

On this day 27 Jan 1967, Astronauts die in launch pad fire.
A launch pad fire during Apollo program tests at Cape Canaveral and kills astronauts
Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chafee.

 

[klein]

On this Day, Jan 28, 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger blows up, minutes after the launching, causing the death of 7 astronaunts.

 

[Necropostophiliac]

On this day, 28 January 1964, The Soviets shoot down U.S. jet.

 

[dilligaf]

We just watched a documentary on the Challenger explosion. That could have been avoided but the one person that tried to stop the launch sequence hours prior was overruled.

 

[Necropostophiliac]

On this Day, Jan 28, 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger blows up, minutes after the launching, causing the death of 7 astronaunts.

7 myths about the Challenger shuttle disaster - Technology & science - Space - msnbc.com

 

[texan]

On this day, 29 Jan 1936, U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elects first members.
Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson and Walter Johnson were inducted.

 

[texan]

On this day, 29 Jan 1980, 6 Iranian held US hostages escape with help of Canadians.
Their escape and rescue from Iran by Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor has come to be known as the "Canadian Caper".

 

[texan]

On this day, 30 Jan 1847, The town of Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco.

 

[texan]

On this day, 30 Jan 1969, The Beatles made their last-ever public appearance as a group. The performance
of "Get Back" was filmed for the movie "Let It Be."