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
Historical Events
1597 - William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance
1867 - Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel
1989 - NFL Draft: #1 pick UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman by Dallas Cowboys
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores 10 points in his last game as a Laker in a 121-117 win over Seattle SuperSonics at the LA Forum
1991 - Björn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after an 8 year lay off without practising or playing any exhibition matches
1993 - Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy" premieres in NYC
1141 - King Malcolm IV of Scotland, nicknamed Virgo "the Maiden" King of Scots (1141 April-May), born in Scotland (d. 1165)
1747 - Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, French composer and painter, born in Paris (d. 1828)
1893 - Frank Borzage, American director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1962)
1930 - Michael Bowen, British Roman Catholic Archbishop (Southwark), born in Gibraltar
1936 - John D'Arcy, New Zealand cricketer (NZ Test batsman on 1958 England tour), born in Christchurch New Zealand
1963 - Magnús Ver Magnússon, Icelandic powerlifter (World's Strongest Man 1991, 94, 95, 96), born in Egilsstaðir, Iceland
1897 - Clement Harris, English composer, killed fighting in the Greco-Turkish war at 25
1971 - William V. S. Tubman, Liberian politician (President of Liberia 1944-71), dies at 76
1986 - Jim Laker, English cricket spin bowler (46 Tests; 193 wickets; world best 19-90 4th Test v Australia 1956), dies from complications of gall bladder surgery at 64
1992 - Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder, Agantuk), dies at 70
2020 - Bernardino Lombao, Spanish handballer (Atlético de Madrid 1967-69), coach (Nat basketball teams) and TV presenter (De Olimpia a Los Ángeles, Objetivo 92), dies at 81
2021 - Bill Whittington, American auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1979), dies in a plane crash at 71