Let’s head back Down Under. We’ll don swim fins & snorkel gear and check out The Great Barrier Reef. The reef is the largest marine preserve in the world. It supports a wide variety of marine life, including whales, dolphins, porpoises, sea turtles, saltwater crocodiles, sharks, stingrays, mollusks (including the giant clam), sea snakes (ick!), seahorses, and over 1500 species of fish. Whew! We’ll also see 215 species of birds. And all that is not including the multitude of coral species!
Today in history:
- 1885 – The American Telephone and Telegraph Company (aka AT&T) was incorporated in New York State as a subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)
- 1903 – Director Vincente Minnelli was born. He was married to Judy Garland for six years with whom he fathered daughter Liza Minnelli.
- 1908 – Actress Billie Bird was born.
- 1915 – Actor Zero Mostel was born. He’s probably best known as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.
- 1935 – DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invented nylon.
- 1940 – Basketball was televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
- 1954 – The first color television sets using the NTSC standard were sold to the general public.
Tonight on TV: new episodes of Chuck and Castle. So I’ll also be watching recorded shows.
No writing last night. Spent part of the evening trying to figure out if we were going to have tornadoes or not. Thankfully, we didn’t. But they had an earthquake 37 miles north of Little Rock late last night (I think)!!!
Reading: Still reading 1635: The Dreeson Incident.
