65 years in the past at this time, Ben Carlin grew to become the world’s first, and nonetheless solely man, to circumnavigate the Earth in an amphibious car. He traveled over 11,000 miles by sea and 39,000 miles by land throughout a ten-year journey. Arriving in Montreal on Might thirteenth, he had handed by way of 38 nations and two oceans. Born in Western Australia, he received the thought for his ludicrous voyage throughout his time within the Madras sappers of the Indian Military engineers throughout World Struggle II, but it surely started in America. READ the ludicrous story… (1958)
In direction of the tip of the warfare, he noticed a Ford GPA, one of many amphibious automobiles used within the warfare, sitting in a navy parking zone. To the mockery of his fellow engineers, he prompt that the car might be used to take him all over the world, supposedly remarking: “with a little bit of titivation, you would go all over the world in a kind of issues”.
This concept remained with Carlin after his marriage, and he proposed to his spouse that the couple honeymoon by crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a modified GPA. After a substantial quantity of hassle, the Carlins managed to buy a 1942 Ford GPA (serial quantity 1239) from a authorities public sale in Washington, D.C., for US$901 (equal to $10,934 in 2021).
After modifications together with two further massive gasoline tanks, a bunk, and a bow-like rudder, the vessel was christened Half Protected, after a deodorant model slogan. After two aborted makes an attempt at crossing the Atlantic that concerned carbon monoxide poisoning and asphyxiation, and a 3rd the place they have been left drifting after additional breakdowns, they made extra modifications and eventually left Halifax on July nineteenth, 1950, and after a 32-day voyage, arrived on Flores, essentially the most westerly island of the Azores.
They have been featured in LIFE journal, however the Carlins’ journey was simply starting. He wrote a ebook about his journey known as Half-Protected: Throughout the Atlantic, and after his loss of life, a second was printed entitled, The Different Half of Half-Protected. Now out of print, they don’t seem to be simple to come back by.
MORE Good Information on this Day:
- Thomas Edison carried out the primary check of his electrical railway in Menlo Park, New Jersey (1880)
- Brazil abolished slavery with the passage of the Lei Áurea, “Golden Legislation” (1888)
- The U.S. Congress handed laws establishing Mom’s Day to honor the uncompensated work of mothering on the second Sunday in Might (1914)
- The first industrial FM radio station within the U.S. was launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut, which got here to be referred to as WDRC (1939)
- And, Darius Rucker, three-time Grammy Award winner and former lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Hootie & the Blowfish, (Solely Wanna Be With You) turns 55 at this time (1966)
- The world premiere of The Beatles movie ‘Let It Be‘ grew to become the ultimate launch of any sort by the band and featured the unannounced rooftop live performance in London, which was their final efficiency in public (1970)
- Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mom of two, grew to become solely the second individual ever to succeed in the height of Everest–the world’s highest mountain–unaided, with out oxygen or assist from Sherpas (1995)
17 years in the past at this time, Liverpool FC’s captain and star midfielder Steven Gerrard led the Reds to victory towards West Ham United within the 2006 English FA Cup Remaining, in a recreation which got here to be referred to as “The Gerrard Remaining,” because of the skipper’s irresistible influence on the sport. Victory for the Reds got here in dramatic style, with Gerrard scoring a spectacular long-range half-volley in the previous couple of minutes of regular time to ship the sport into further time, and eventually to penalties, the place they gained 3-1 within the shootout.
The 2006 FA Cup Remaining, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff – CC 2.0.With barely 10 minutes gone, Liverpool have been down 2-0 with errors from defender Jamie Carragher and keeper Pepe Reina resulting in targets. Enter Gerrard, Liverpool’s quantity 8, who some believed was the most effective midfielder on the planet at the moment, and who always examined the West Ham backline with pinpoint chips and lengthy balls, ultimately lobbing one into the penalty space on the toe of Liverpool ahead Djibril Cisse to attain. Within the second half, Gerrard switched from supplier to scorer, dashing into the field to spank house a knockdown from Peter Crouch. West Ham would rating once more, with a wild cross from Paul Konchesky ending up within the far nook of the web.
But Gerrard wouldn’t be silenced, and after being on the coronary heart of each good transfer Liverpool had throughout the recreation, he got here operating onto a unfastened ball knocked clear from the penalty space from a stray cross and smashed house his second of the sport from almost 35 yards away, admittedly saying “I’ll have a go [from here]” as a result of he was completely exhausted. Among the many accessible commentary groups, one reporter described it as a “piledriver” earlier than concluding with “there’s so little extra you’ll be able to say about that.” It’s broadly thought-about the most effective FA Cup Remaining in historical past. WATCH highlights of the ultimate… (2006)
Joyful 67th Birthday to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the non secular chief and founding father of the Artwork of Dwelling Basis. Born in India, he traveled together with his instructor Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, giving talks on Vedic science, and organising Transcendental Meditation and Ayurveda facilities.
Within the 80s, Shankar taught his personal programs, and says that his rhythmic respiratory apply got here to him in 1982, “like a poem, an inspiration,” after 10 days of silence on a river financial institution. Often known as Guru ji, or Gurudev, his Basis (with facilities in 156 nations) is a volunteer-based NGO offering self-development packages, in addition to help after disasters and cleansing up the atmosphere.
Emphasizing that pleasure is simply accessible within the current second, he tries to create a world freed from stress and violence. In 1992, he began a sensible jail program to rehabilitate inmates and assist them reintegrate into society. He has labored for peace in additional than six nations, together with the Kashmir-India area.
Shankar performed a significant position within the peace settlement between the Colombian authorities and FARC guerrillas in 2015. FARC leaders agreed to observe the Gandhian precept of non-violence to realize political goals. For his efforts, Shankar was awarded Colombia’s highest civilian award. Forbes in 2009 known as him the fifth strongest chief in India. LEARN extra and WATCH his video: ‘Don’t analyze your self an excessive amount of’… (1956)
Shankar believes spirituality is that which boosts human values akin to love, compassion and enthusiasm, so it isn’t restricted to anyone faith or tradition—and it bonds all the human household collectively as one. Science and spirituality are linked and appropriate, too, whereas breath is the hyperlink between physique and thoughts. In his view, “Reality is spherical quite than linear; so it must be contradictory.”
And on today in 1917, three shepherd youngsters in Portugal reportedly have been visited by an apparition of the Virgin Mary and an angel giving them directions to hope the rosary for peace and an finish to World Struggle I. 9-year-old Lúcia Santos of Fátima, and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto, reported seeing a girl “brighter than the solar, shedding rays of sunshine… and pierced by the burning rays of the solar.”
On the second of the famed ‘Marian apparitions’, one month later, the woman revealed that Francisco and Jacinta could be taken to Heaven quickly, however Lúcia would dwell longer with a purpose to unfold her message, all of which got here to cross The three youngsters claimed to have seen the Blessed Virgin Mary in a complete of six appearances between Might and October.
Since then, the positioning, known as Our Woman of Fátima, has drawn thousands and thousands of pilgrims yearly on the thirteenth day of every month, from Might to October, on the anniversaries of the unique visions. Statues, Chapels, hospitals, and different services have been constructed on the web site. Lúcia later grew to become a nun, wrote six memoirs in regards to the expertise and her life, and was beatified as a saint – like her two cousins have been – after her loss of life in 2005. In March 2017, 100 years after the occasions, Pope Francis canonized Jacinta and Francisco, declaring the intercession of the 2 visionaries to be a miracle. (High picture by José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, CC)
Joyful Birthday to the good Stevie Marvel who turns 73 at this time. As a younger little one, he grew to become blind, however he was a musical prodigy and went on to grow to be one of the beloved performers of his time.
After signing with Motown Information at age 11, the singer-songwriter recorded dozens of timeless songs like Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I Want, My Cherie Amour, and Superstition. Along with his trademark bouncy keyboards and soulful harmonica, Marvel was an everyday on the Billboard charts with a whopping 30 prime ten hits within the U.S. He gained 25 Grammy Awards—the most ever awarded to a male solo artist. WATCH him carry out a medley of best hits and study his 24-hour digital party… (1950)
Joyful 84th Birthday to American actor-producer Harvey Keitel. Born in Brooklyn, he joined the Marines at age 16 after which grew to become a court docket reporter. Keitel is most recognized for his roles in Taxi Driver, Imply Streets, Bugsy, The Piano, Dangerous Lieutenant, Reservoir Canine, Pulp Fiction, Nationwide Treasure, and The Grand Budapest Lodge.
Amongst different movies, he additionally performed Judas in Martin Scorsese’s The Final Temptation of Christ and was forged by Ridley Scott because the sympathetic policeman in Thelma & Louise in 1991. That very same yr, Keitel landed a job in Barry Levinson’s Bugsy, for which he acquired an Academy Award nomination for Finest Supporting Actor. WATCH his High 10 Performances… (1939)
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