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1929 Stock Market Crash on Black Tuesday Black Tuesday hits Wall Street on October 29, 1929 as investors trade 16,410,030 shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors, and stock tickers ran hours behind because the...

1998 John Glenn returns to space. He was my favorite American since I was a kid & turns out he learned to fly in a 1938 Taylorcraft which I owned the nicest '38 in the country that hung in a barn from '41 to '91 50 years then restored. I learned in a 1940 on wood ski's which was the same but...

The Long Long Trailer with Lucy & Desi. Haven't seen it many years. Free on tubi

1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. Originally known as “Liberty Enlightening the World,” the statue was proposed by the French...

1965 St. Louis’s Gateway Arch is completed On October 28, 1965, construction is completed on the Gateway Arch, a spectacular 630-foot-high catenary curve of stainless steel marking the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the waterfront of St. Louis, Missouri. The Gateway Arch, designed by...

John, I'll take MSU!

1881 Shootout at the O.K. Corral On October 26, 1881, the Earp brothers face off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. After silver was discovered nearby in 1877, Tombstone quickly grew into one of the richest mining towns in the...

Harvard’s 6,000-cycle EV battery that charges in 10 minutes gets funding boost Early this year, a Harvard spinoff company, Adden Energy made headlines by developing a lithium-metal solid-state battery technology that could offer significant benefits. According to the team, their solid-state...

1929 Cabinet member found guilty in Teapot Dome scandal We have a Teapot Dome, Mi not too far from us & it's on the map. October 25, 1929: During the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert B. Fall, who served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Harding’s cabinet, is found guilty of...

Good on you my friend. Never miss an adventure or it's gone forever! A tip, Skydiving is more thrilling, fun, less complicated, much cheaper & easier to figure out than chasing women!

14 million — The approximate number of electric vehicles purchased worldwide in 2023, up from 10 million in 2022. In 2023, the majority of new cars sold worldwide were not electric vehicles (EVs), as only 18% of new cars sold were electric: Global: 18% of new cars sold were electric, which is...

Today in 1901 First barrel ride down Niagara Falls On October 24, 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to successfully take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. After her husband died in the Civil War, the New York-born Taylor moved all over...

Just letting rruff know as it's easy to do.

You're replying to a post over 1.5 years old?

When I was young anything made in Japan was crap. Japan got better QC but china took their business making crap bur are getting better. I think India will replace china.

Maybe your friend speaks Japanese& time to go ask them.

THIS UNEXPECTED MOMENT ON LIVE TV LEFT AMERICA STUNNED!

Japan SHOCKED at BYD Atto 3 Teardown

Researchers Find Lithium in Arkansas https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/researchers-lithium-arkansas/2024/10/22/id/1184979/?ns_mail_uid=e737048b-e5e0-4879-9301-7f31f79db6a3&ns_mail_job=DM699927_10222024&s=acs&dkt_nbr=0105022tec96

Silicate battery magic could make energy storage cheaper, safer and efficient...