Kingdom of Torrence

Stepping back into writing. My focus has been on health and new jobs. Now, the third draft of The Light of Ak'ron awaits.

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On 10/23/2004 A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.

On 10/23/1944 WWII: Battle of Leyte Gulf: The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines. #WW2 #WWII

On 10/23/1942 WWII: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26. #WWII

On 9/11/2001 - Lest we forget. A series of coordinated suicide attacks killing 2,996 people using 4 aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. 2 aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in NY City, a 3rd crashed into The Pentagon, & a 4th into a field near Shanksville, Pa.

On August 27, 1776 - Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.

On July 30, 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover. #NASA #space #Apollo15

On July 30, 1932 - Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short. #Disney #film #cartoon

On July 30, 1865 - The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time. #shipwrecks

On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong takes the first step on the moon. #space #Armstrong #moon #NASA youtu.be/cwZb2mqId0A

On July 8, 1947 - Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident. #Roswell #roswellnm #UFO

On July 8, 1889 - The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published. #literature #WallStreet

On July 8, 1776 - Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. #IndependenceDay #IndependentsWeek

On July 7, 1983 - Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.

On July 7, 1946 - Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.

On July 7, 1930 - Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). It would take about 4 years to build at a cost of about $49 million (1931 budget) ($639 million in 2016 dollars). #hooverdam