This month’s Soara Saturday will be held at Gilleran Park (our Field Day site) this Saturday from 9am until noon. Please come by and visit. Coffee and Donuts will be provided.
Upcoming Activities
- SOARA Elmer Saturday - 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, April 20, 2024
- SOARA Board Meeting - 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, April 22, 2024
- SOARA Auction - 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, May 4, 2024
- SOARA 50th Anniversary Special Event - 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, May 18, 2024 – May 19, 2024
- Ham Radio License Exams - 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, May 20, 2024
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Historical Events
1933 - FDR announces US will leave gold standard
1941 - Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia
1943 - Bicycle Day - Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time
1966 - In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic
1987 - Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph)
1999 - 103rd Boston Marathon: Joseph Chebet of Kenya takes men's title in 2:09:52; 3-peat for Fatuma Roba of Ethiopia in women's race in 2:23:25
1939 - Ellen Weston, American actress (Betty-SWAT), born in New York City
1944 - James Heckman, American economist (Nobel Prize 2000), born in Chicago, Illinois
1953 - Sara Simeoni, Italian high jumper (Olympic gold 1980), born in Rivoli Veronese, Italy
1962 - Al Unser Jr., American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1992, 94), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
1978 - James Franco, American actor (The Disaster Artist), born in Palo Alto, California
1987 - Courtland Mead, American actor (Dragonworld), born in Mission Viejo, California
1529 - John Cuspinianus [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55
1906 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player (1st Wimbledon singles champion 1877), dies at 56
1945 - J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed
1956 - Ernst Robert Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70
1975 - Percy Lavon Julian, African American chemist who received 130 patents, pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants, dies at 76
2005 - Ruth Hussey, American actress (Another Thin Man), dies at 93