Crash!

 

And this was the BIG ONE! 

Also, the oldest man in space.

Monday, October 29th, the 303rd day of 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Today is National Forgiveness Day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is also Laugh A Lot Suddenly For No Reason Day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1929: The New York Stock Market crashed as 16-million shares of stock were dumped and investors lost billions of dollars. The boom had ended and America faced a decade of depression.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1998 John Glenn, 77, roared back into space aboard the space shuttle Discovery, retracing the trail he blazed 36 years earlier. He became the oldest man in space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1963 This group began recording their first album.  It was called “Stay.”  Actually, it was called “Stay…with the Hollies.”