Monday, November 28, 2011

TODAY IN HISTORY

NOVEMBER 28
1963:President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that Cape Canaveral, site of NASA's space center and launchpad, will be renamed Cape Kennedy in honor of slain President John F. Kennedy, who had been a strong advocate of space exploration.

1895: Averaging 7.3 mph, J. Frank Duryea beats five other drivers to win the first official automobile race in America, a 54-mile journey through the snow from Chicago to Evanston, Ill., and back. Duryea completes the race, sponsored by the Chicago Times-Herald, in just over 10 hours, including stops.

1922: As an advertising stunt for the Vanderbilt Hotel, Capt. Cyril Turner of the British Royal Air Force demonstrates skywriting for the first time in the United States, scrawling "Hello, U.S.A. Call Vanderbilt 7200" while flying 10,000 feet above Times Square in New York.
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