Theodore Roosevelt was the first US president to drive a car, the first air raid took place in 1849, the first America’s Cup was won in 1851, Nolan Ryan struck out for 5,000 in 1989, the International Red Cross was born in 1864, the first nuclear-powered cargo ship set sail in 1962, Rhodesia was expelled from the 1972 Olympics, the Queen Charlotte earthquake hit Canada in 1949, the “Storm botnet” sent a record 57 million emails in one day in 2007, and the first ring of Neptune was discovered in 1989. St. Columbia reported seeing the Loch Ness Monster in 565.
US President Theodore Roosevelt became the first US president to drive an automobile. (1902) Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, drove a Columbia Electric Victoria Phaeton to Hartford, Connecticut. The police detail covering the event cycled.
The world’s first air raid took place, using hot air balloons. (1849) The Austrian Army dropped 200 unmanned balloons over Venice, Italy. The balloons had bombs with timers attached to them.
The first America’s Cup has been won. (1851) American schooner America won the race, beating 15 competitors. The race was a 53-mile (85 kilometre) regatta on the Isle of Wight. The Cup is the oldest trophy awarded in international sports.
Pitcher Nolan Ryan struck out for 5,000. (1989) Ryan, pitching for the Texas Rangers, struck out Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics; he was the first pitcher to hit 5,000 batters in Major League Baseball history.
The International Red Cross is born. (1864) The First Geneva Convention was signed by 12 countries, agreeing to send aid to the wounded in wartime. The agreement was based on the ideas of Jean-Henri Dunant, a Swiss humanitarian who won the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901. The emblem of the Red Cross, a red cross on a white background, is the reverse side of the Swiss flag and is was chosen in Dunant’s Honor.
The world’s first nuclear-powered cargo ship has set sail. (1962) NS Savannah, commissioned until 10 January 1972, is one of only four nuclear-powered merchant ships in the world.
Rhodesia was expelled from the 1972 Olympic Games. (1972) The expulsion occurred just four days before the opening ceremonies began and was due to political pressure over the country’s racist policies. Competing African countries argued that Rhodesia was an illegal regime. Rhodesia returned to the Olympics in 1980, under a new government and with a new country name: Zimbabwe.
The Queen Charlotte earthquake hit Canada. (1949) The earthquake was a magnitude 8.1 interplate earthquake that ruptured more than 622 miles (1,000 kilometers) along the Queen Charlotte Fault. It was bigger than the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Incredibly, no deaths have been reported.
The “Storm botnet” sent a record 57 million emails in one day. (2007) The Storm Worm, a Trojan horse spread via spam email, created the “Storm botnet”. The botnet has been used in many criminal activities, but the creators have never been identified.
The Loch Ness Monster is said to have been sighted for the first time. (565) St. Columbia reported seeing the monster as a group of people were burying someone who had been killed by the monster. St. Columbia made the sign of the cross and said to the monster, “You will go no further,” and fled.
Discovered the first ring of Neptune. (1989) The ring system was discovered by NASA’s Voyager 2 space probe.
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