Volunteers needed for The Orange County Marathon on Sunday May 3. If you are interested in helping out with this year’s Orange County Marathon we would like to hear from you. Please call Heiko at (949) 859-3868 or e-mail at < ad6oi@soara.org> A mobile radio and vehicle are preferred but we can also use operators with hand held radios.
Upcoming Activities
- SOARA Elmer Saturday - 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, December 16, 2023
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Today in History
Historical Events
1864 - Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, Tennessee to Saltville, Virginia
1887 - Sherlock Holmes first appears in print in "Study in Scarlet" by Arthur Conan Doyle
1936 - Ernest Brundin and Frank Lyon obtain US patent for hydroponic (soil-less) culture of plants
1978 - US President Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size
2012 - FC Barcelona with 13 wins and a draw sets new La Liga start to Spanish football season record; Lionel Messi scores twice in 5-1 win over Athletic Bilbao; pass Real Madrid's 1991-92 season mark
2018 - Computer-animated film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" starring Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Award Best Animated Film 2019)
1917 - Geraldine McCullough, American painter and sculptor (Phoenix), born in Maywood, Illinois (d. 2008)
1946 - (Raymond) "Gilbert" O'Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter ("Alone Again Naturally"), born in Waterford, Ireland
1948 - Neil Warnock, English soccer winger and manager (Crystal Palace, Leeds, QPR, Cardiff City), born in Sheffield, England
1971 - Rob Waldrop, American College Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle (Outland Trophy 1993 Arizona; CFL, Toronto Argonauts), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1972 - Norbert Wójtowicz, Polish historian and theologian
1981 - Francia Elena Márquez Mina, Colombian human rights activist, environmentalist and politician (Vice-President of Colombia), born in Yolombó, Colombia
1723 - Susanna Centlivre, English actress known as "the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century", dies at 66 (approximately)
1750 - Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer and cartographer, dies at 73
1884 - William Swainson (lawyer), second, and last, Attorney-General (New Zealand) of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
1971 - Arthur B. Spingarn, American lawyer and civil rights activist (NAACP chairman, 1940-65), dies at 93
1998 - Bertil Nordahl, Swedish soccer midfielder and manager (15 caps; Atalanta; Olympic gold 1948), dies at 81
2001 - Ellis R. Dungan, American born Indian film director, dies at 92