Time to clean out the HAM shack and pick up some new projects for the holidays. All are welcome to attend the next SOARA Fall Auction on Monday, November 16 at the Norman P Murray Center in Mission Viejo at 7pm. For more information on 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
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Today in History
1829 - Dutch parliament accepts new press laws
1848 - Slavery abolished in French colonies
1922 - WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station
1940 - Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO
1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France
1825 - James Winning McMillan, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Clark County, Kentucky (d. 1903)
1897 - Ye Jianying, Chinese communist general and politician (Head of State of the People's Republic of China 1978-83), born in Jiaying, Guangdong, Qing Empire (d. 1986)
1900 - Maurice Thorez, French politician and secretary-general (French Communist Party), born in Noyelles-Godault, Pas-de-Calais, France (d. 1964)
1906 - Bart [Bartholomeus Jan] Bok, Dutch-American astronomer (Milky Way), born in Hoorn, Netherlands (d. 1983)
1930 - James Baker, American Secretary of the Treasury (1985-88), Secretary of State (1989-92), born in Houston, Texas
1961 - Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer, born in Kitakyūshū, Japan
1918 - Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian-Serb assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, dies of tuberculosis at 23
1945 - Benito Mussolini [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43), shot by communist partisans at 61
1982 - Nobby Clark, English cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies at 81
1996 - William Colby, American intelligence officer (CIA Director, 1973-76), dies at 76
1997 - Susan Seddon Boulet, American artist, dies of cancer at 45
2021 - Michael Collins, American Major General USAF and astronaut (Gemini 10, Apollo 11), dies of cancer at 90