Time to clean out the HAM shack and pick up some new projects for the winter! All are welcome to attend the next SOARA Fall Auction on Monday, November 21 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
- Ham Radio License Exams - 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, October 21, 2024
- Membership Meeting - 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, October 21, 2024
- SOARA Board Meeting - 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, October 28, 2024
- SOARA Elmer Saturday - 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, November 16, 2024
- Membership Meeting - 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, November 18, 2024
ARRL Audio News
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Today in History
1571 - -13] Synod of Emden, Calvinist leaders establish the Dutch Reformed Church.
1917 - British assault on Broodseinde, France
1918 - Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC
2001 - Brendan Shanahan scores a hat trick in Red Wings 4-3 OT win at San Jose; becomes second player in NHL history to score an opening-night hat trick twice in his career
2015 - American rock band Van Halen's final public performance takes place at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California.
2019 - Fuel subsidies end in Ecuador after four decades, prompting nationwide protests and President Lenín Moreno to declare 60-day state of emergency
1807 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (Prime Minister of the Province of Canada), born in Boucherville, Lower Canada (d. 1864)
1872 - Ernest Blood, American Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Passaic HS, NJ, 200-1 record, 1915-24), born in Manchester, New Hampshire (d. 1955)
1936 - Charlie Hurley, Irish soccer centre half (40 caps Republic of Ireland; Sunderland 402 games), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 2024)
1942 - Jenny Arean [Joanna Klarenbeek], Dutch actress, cabaret and theatre singer ("Vluchten kan niet meer"), born in Lisse, Netherlands
1948 - Tom Webster, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (NY Rangers, LA Kings), born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario (d. 2020)
1949 - Armand Assante, American actor (Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours), born in New York City
1590 - Cujacius [Jacques Cujas], French lawyer, dies at about 68
1946 - Barney Oldfield, American auto racer (International Motorsports Hall of Fame; first to drive at 60mph on circular track), dies of a heart attack at 67
1948 - Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviator (first nonstop airplane crossing of the Atlantic with John W. Alcock), dies at 62
1970 - Curtis Turner, American auto racer (184 NASCAR races over 17 years, 17 wins), dies in aeroplane crash at 46
1974 - Anne Sexton, American poet (Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967), dies at 45
2013 - Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general (Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam War) and politician, dies at 102
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