Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Firsts and Last

Image:  Wikipedia

December 17, 1903  Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright, and Kitty Hawk, NC
December 17, 1955  David and Frieda, and Fort Wayne, Indiana.
December 17, 1969  Air Force closes “Project Blue Book.” We are alone or we are not.
December 17, 2013  110 years since “First Flight.” 
    58 years since I first joined the ranks of married folk. 
    44 years since we have given any official attention to UFOs.
    But you can always watch the History Channel!

4 comments:

Sharkbytes said...

Hahaha. But SETI is still operational, I think. NO? It must be a little strange, even though everything is A-ok with the transitions to remember an anniversary with someone else. Best to you.

Grace said...

Interesting mix of events...

Vee said...

And 58 years since a car accident that about scared the daylights out of us until we discovered everything was okay.

vanilla said...

Sharkey, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence continues. One hopes there is such a thing, for we sorely lack in that department, I think. Remembering is good, an important part of my life; and moving forward is good as well.

Grace, there are other remarkable events on this date in a personal sense. I guess it is inevitable that multiple events share a common date, inasmuch as there are only 366 dates to correspond to an infinite number of events.

Vee, yes, the accident is part of the memory, too. Well, it got my car paid for in its entirety.