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The Annoyed Man wrote:

ELB wrote:1967 - Che Guevara forced to permanently retire from his career as a totalitarian thug.


On a more buoyant note:

2012 - Felix Baumgartner bunny-hopped out of the gondola of his balloon at 120,000 feet into supersonic freefall, then activated his parachute at 5000 feet, breaking the record for the highest jump and and becoming the first man to break the sound barrier without using an airplane...

Oh wait, that is still future, but with any luck, by the end of the day it will be true: http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UPDATE: Still future history, the attempt was just cancelled for today due to gusty winds at the launch site. The balloon is fragile and needs winds less than 2 mph to launch. Bummer.

Here's the video. He did succeed, and he did cross Mach 1. He jumped from 128,000 feet and hit 834 M.P.H. Pretty amazing.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/spac ... -jump.html

chasfm11 wrote:...

1936 - ... I often wonder if a project like the Hoover Dam could ever be done again. ....

...as Joel Kotkin noted in late 2010 in the Politico:

Today’s liberals don’t show enthusiasm for airports or dams — or anything that may kick up some dirt. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior Deanna Archuleta, for example, promised a Las Vegas audience: “You will never see another federal dam.”