THE LATEST FROM COOL 102.1
This Weekend In History…..
First Person to Go Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel and Survive…… October 24, 1901…….. Annie Edson Taylor makes the plunge on what was her 63rd birthday. She had tested the barrel by sending it over the falls with a cat inside. The cat survived. Taylor used a custom-made barrel, constructed of oak and iron and…
On This Day…..
On this day in 1995, Def Leppard pulled off one of the greatest publicity stunts ever when they played three concerts on three different continents in the same day. The band played in Tangiers (Africa) in the morning, London (Europe) in the afternoon and finally in Vancouver, Canada, (North America) in the evening.
On This Day…..
U.S. National Debt Reaches $1 Trillion….. October 22, 1981……. It took until 1974 to reach $500 billion in debt. That amount doubled in only seven years to reach $1 trillion.When U.S. President Ronald Reagan took office in January of 1981, the gross domestic debt, as a percentage of the nation’s annual income, had reached 32.5% – its…
On This Day…..
Incandescent Light……. October 21, 1879……. Thomas Edison succeeds in making his electric light. It had taken about 1,200 experiments and cost more than $40,000 (about $850,000 in today’s money). It operated for 13 hours. Although incandescent lights had been around for about 40 years, Edison’s was the first practical one.