October 4
Posted in White History on Oct 4th, 2011
1983 Richard Noble, of Edinburgh, Scotland, set a new land speed record of 633.468 mph (1,019 km/h), driving Thrust 2 at the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. 1957 Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched. 1895 The first U.S. Open Championship of golf was played on a nine-hole course in [...]