Today in History

In 1904, by some accounts, the ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis


In 1998, Scientists at the University of Hawaii announced they had turned out more than 50 carbon-copy mice, with a cloning technique said to be more reliable than the one used to create Dolly the sheep

Today in Space History

In 1969 "Apollo Eleven" astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon as they stepped out of their lunar module

In 1976 America's "Viking One" robot spacecraft made a successful, first-ever landing on Mars.

In 1989 President Bush called for a long-range space program to build an orbiting space station, establish a base on the moon and send a manned mission to the planet Mars.

In 1999 After 38 years at the bottom of the Atlantic, astronaut Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 Mercury capsule was lifted to the surface.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Red Skelton, circus clown, painter, radio comedian and television star, Red Skelton born in Vincennes, Indiana.

Stop by the library and check out:
Bathing Beauty (VHS): Trying to woo back his wife, Red Skelton enrolls at the women's college where she is the swimming coach.

Three Little Words (DVD): Musical film biography of the songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Also starring Fred Astaire.

Also try the Red Skelton Collection or the Best of the Red Skelton Show.

Today in history

Charles Dickens published A Tale of Two Cities.
Check it out at the library!

Today in History

On this day, in 1974 A Prairie Home Companion premiered.