Time to clean out the HAM shack and pick up some new projects for the summer! All are welcome to attend the next SOARA Spring Auction on Monday, May 16 at the Norman P Murray Center in Mission Viejo starting at 7pm. For more information and rules of the SOARA live auctions, check here. A regularly scheduled FCC licensing examination will occur prior to the meeting at 6pm.
Upcoming Activities
- 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
- Membership Meeting - 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, May 20, 2024
- SOARA Elmer Saturday - 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, May 25, 2024
ARRL Audio News
Today in History
1597 - William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance
1867 - Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel
1989 - NFL Draft: #1 pick UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman by Dallas Cowboys
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores 10 points in his last game as a Laker in a 121-117 win over Seattle SuperSonics at the LA Forum
1991 - Björn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after an 8 year lay off without practising or playing any exhibition matches
1993 - Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy" premieres in NYC
1141 - King Malcolm IV of Scotland, nicknamed Virgo "the Maiden" King of Scots (1141 April-May), born in Scotland (d. 1165)
1747 - Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, French composer and painter, born in Paris (d. 1828)
1893 - Frank Borzage, American director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1962)
1930 - Michael Bowen, British Roman Catholic Archbishop (Southwark), born in Gibraltar
1936 - John D'Arcy, New Zealand cricketer (NZ Test batsman on 1958 England tour), born in Christchurch New Zealand
1963 - Magnús Ver Magnússon, Icelandic powerlifter (World's Strongest Man 1991, 94, 95, 96), born in Egilsstaðir, Iceland
1897 - Clement Harris, English composer, killed fighting in the Greco-Turkish war at 25
1971 - William V. S. Tubman, Liberian politician (President of Liberia 1944-71), dies at 76
1986 - Jim Laker, English cricket spin bowler (46 Tests; 193 wickets; world best 19-90 4th Test v Australia 1956), dies from complications of gall bladder surgery at 64
1992 - Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder, Agantuk), dies at 70
2020 - Bernardino Lombao, Spanish handballer (Atlético de Madrid 1967-69), coach (Nat basketball teams) and TV presenter (De Olimpia a Los Ángeles, Objetivo 92), dies at 81
2021 - Bill Whittington, American auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1979), dies in a plane crash at 71