Laguna Niguel Regional Park
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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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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