Upcoming Activities
- SOARA Elmer Saturday - 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, April 20, 2024
- SOARA Board Meeting - 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, April 22, 2024
- 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
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Today in History
1961 - 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39; his 2nd event title
1967 - Italian boxer Nino Benvenuti beats American Emile Griffith in a 15 round points decision to win world middleweight crown at Madison Square Garden; start of famous trilogy of fights between the pair
1969 - Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0
1969 - The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert, at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California
1979 - Four Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army van bomb in Bessbrook, County Armagh; the bomb is believed to be the largest PIRA bomb used up to that point
1981 - New York Islander Dennis Potvin's 3 playoff power-play goals vs Edmonton Oilers tie NHL record
1865 - Ursula Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint and foundress of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, born in Loosdorf, Austrian Empire (d. 1939)
1912 - Isador Caplan, British lawyer and Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, born in Blackpool, England (d. 1995)
1914 - George Davis, American art director (20th Century Fox), born in Kokomo, Indiana (d. 1984)
1961 - Frank J. Christensen, American labor leader, born in Chicago, Illinois
1970 - Redman [Reginald Noble], American rapper, born in Newark, New Jersey
1983 - Stanislav Chistov, Russian ice hockey player, born in Chelyabinsk, Russia
1962 - Louise Fazenda, American vaudeville, and silent and sound screen actress (Mack Sennett comedies), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 66
1971 - Carmen Lombardo, Canadian musician, dies at 67
1974 - Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose
1997 - Allan Francovich, American documentarian
2013 - Deanna Durbin [Edna Mae Durbin], Canadian actress and vocalist (Every Sunday, Three Smart Girls, 100 Men and a Girl), dies at 91
2021 - Fred Arbanas, American football tight end (All-AFL 1962–67; Super Bowl 1970; Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs), dies at 82