Upcoming Activities
- Ham Radio License Exams - 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, July 15, 2024
- Membership Meeting - 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, July 15, 2024
- SOARA Elmer Saturday - 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, July 20, 2024
- SOARA Board Meeting - 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, July 29, 2024
- Ham Radio License Exams - 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, August 19, 2024
ARRL Audio News
Today in History
1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death
1850 - Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, Western Australia
1891 - Marcellus F. Berry, an American Express employee is granted four copyrights for what he called "the travelers cheque"
1939 - "The Rules of the Game", French film directed by Jean Renoir, starring Nora Gregor and Paulette Dubost, premieres in Paris
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 - Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her first Grand Slam singles title beating Chris Evert 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
1813 - William Scott Ketchum, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 1871)
1947 - Howard Rheingold, American critic and writer on virtual communities, born in Phoenix, Arizona
1952 - Mando Guerrero, Mexican professional wrestler, born in Mexico City
1968 - Chuck Knoblauch, American baseball shortstop (NY Yankees, Minnesota Twins), born in Houston, Texas
1969 - Robin Weigert, American actress, born in Washington, D.C.
1982 - George Owu, Ghanaian footballer, born in Accra, Ghana
1794 - Pascal Boyer, French composer, dies at 51
1816 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright (The Rivals, The School for Scandal) and Whig MP, dies at 64
1990 - Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, German Jesuit priest and Buddhism Zen teacher, dies at 92
1992 - Clint Frank, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1937; unanimous All-American 1937; Yale), dies at 76
2001 - Edward Fiennes-Clinton, Australian-born 18th Earl of Lincoln, dies at 88
2014 - Lois Johnson, American country music singer ("Loving You Will Never Grow Old"), dies at 72
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