Todays fact,

"Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of water to evaporate."

Today in History

• 1000 - Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)
• 1635 - Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony
• 1701 - Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U) chartered in New Haven.
• 1776 - Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay.
• 1806 - Benjamin Banneker black American astronomer dies.
• 1855 - Joshua Stoddard of Worcester Mass. receives patent for 1st calliope
• 1876 - 1st 2-way telephone conversation
• 1888 - Public admitted to Washington Monument.
• 1921 - Babe Ruth's 1st WS homer Only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
• 1928 - Yanks sweep Cards in the world series
• 1930 - 1st transcontinental flight by woman lands Laura Ingalls
• 1936 - Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA
• 1938 - Yanks sweep Cubs in the world series
• 1949 - Yanks beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in the world series
• 1951 - Gil McDougald's World Series Grand Slam Yanks beat Giants 13-1
• 1958 - Pope Pius XII died 19 years after he was elevated to the papacy.
• 1958 - Yanks beat Braves 4 games to 3 in the world series
• 1961 - Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning - world series scoreless pitching streak Yanks beat Reds 4 games to 1
• 1962 - Uganda gains independence from Britain (National Day).
• 1967 - Che Guevara executed in Bolivia.
• 1975 - Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize
• 1975 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF
• 1976 - Yanks 1st AL Championship game beat Royals 4-1
• 1977 - Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 5 but returned after failing to dock
• 1977 - Yanks beat Royals for pennant #31
• 1984 - Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st American woman to walk in space
• 1986 - Senate convicted US District Judge Harry E. Claiborne making him the 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.