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 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
1936 - Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie and family flee Abyssinia
1960 - Harry Belafonte's 2nd Carnegie Hall performance (New York City)
1984 - New York Yankees Don Mattingly's single breaks up Chicago White Sox pitcher Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid, at Comiskey Park
1987 - 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4
1992 - Allen Toussaint's musical revue "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" closes at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 13 performances
1995 - Serbian missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six
1901 - Willi Bredel, German writer, born in Hamburg (d. 1964)
1902 - Erin O'Brien-Moore, American actress (Peyton Place, Our Little Girl), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1979)
1929 - Luc Ferrari, French composer, born in Paris (d. 2005)
1929 - Edward Levy, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1945 - Bianca Jagger [Blanca Pérez-Mora Macías], Nicaraguan model and socialite who married Mike Jagger, born in Managua, Nicaragua
1950 - Randy Colley (Moondog Rex), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), born in Alexander City, Alabama (d. 2019)
1250 - Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered
1985 - Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85
1991 - Leib Lensky, dies at 82
2009 - Marilyn French, American author (The Women's Room), dies at 79
2018 - Bill Torrey, Canadian ice hockey executive (New York Islanders, Florida Panthers), dies at 83
2018 - Wang Danfeng, Chinese actress, dies at 93