Today's fact
The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats.



On this day in history ...
1811 - Nevill Maskelyne - 5th Astronomer Royal of England dies
1877 - US Weather Service is founded
1885 - 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii
1891 - 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in SF from Sacramento
1893 - Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prision for fraud.
1922 - Snow on Mauna Loa
1943 - Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal - ending epic battle
1953 - Superman TV series premiers
1964 - 1st appearance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan
1969 - Boeing 747 makes its 1st coml flight
1971 - Apollo 14 returns to Earth
1975 - Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
1986 - Halley's Comet reaches perihelion (closest approach to sun)