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 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
- SOARA Board Meeting - 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, May 28, 2024
ARRL Audio News
Today in History
1854 - British Commodore James Plumridge attacks Finnish settlements in Gulf of Bothnia, killing civilans and destroying British-owned goods.
1864 - Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
1955 - West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers
1979 - Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
2002 - Jacques Chirac wins the French Presidential election for a second term defeating Jean-Marie Le Pen leader of the far-right National Front
2015 - "Traveller" debut album by Chris Stapleton is released (Grammy Award Best Country Album, 2016; Billboard Album of the Year, 2016)
1749 - Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1794)
1854 - Antonio Smareglia, Italian composer, born in Pola, Austrian Empire (now Pula, Croatia) (d. 1929)
1911 - Norman Oldfield, English cricketer (Engl batsman one Test v WI 1939, 80 and 19), born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (d. 1996)
1938 - Michael Murphy, American actor (McCabe and Mrs Miller, Unmarried Woman), born in Los Angeles, California
1972 - Ronald Snook, Australian rower (Olympics bronze 1996), born in Dalwallinu, Western Australia
1977 - Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress (Sweet Buns), born in Seoul, South Korea
1582 - Charlotte de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, dies
1947 - Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player, dies at 30
1957 - Mikhail Gnesin, Russian composer (Vrubel; The Youth Of Abraham), dies at 74
1992 - Dick Yarmy, American character actor (Get Smart; Kentucky Fried Movie; Mork and Mindy), dies of lung cancer at 58
2011 - Arthur Laurents, American playwright (West Side Story: Gypsy), and screenwriter (Rope; Anastasia), dies at 93
2023 - Terry Lewis, Australian disgraced police officer (Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service, 1976-87), and convict (corruption, forgery), dies at 95