A look back at the week that was…
By P.M. Fadden
Associate Editor
Monday, October 10 – The Panama Canal opens in 1911.
Tuesday, October 11 – NASA’s Challenger shuttle crew member Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to walk in space, 1984.
Wednesday, October 12 – Captain Christopher Columbus and crew, aboard Crown of Castille vessel Santa Maria, encounters the Bahaman archipelago of San Salvador in 1492. The now immortalized mariner had intended to land at Japan.
Thursday, October 13 – Alaska Proud: Alaska Pacific University, formerly known as, Alaska Methodist University is first dedicated at Anchorage, 1960.
Friday, October 14 – The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to civil rights leader, Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. for his advocacy of nonviolence, 1964.
Saturday, October 15 – The modern day cycle of months and dates is born when Italy, France, Spain and Portugal adopt the Gregorian calendar, name for Pope Gregory XIII in1582. To complete the shift required that ten days be forever lost to history.
Sunday, October 16 – Bibliotheca Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt celebrates its 2002 inaugural opening. The library and cultural center is a modern commemoration to the famed Library of Alexandria which was lost in antiquity.
Artistic depiction of ancient Library of Alexandria. Constructed in the 3rd century BC, the classical world’s largest library was believed to store over 400,000 scrolls until its mysterious destruction by fire.
These dates in history are happily brought to you by the Glacier City Gazette in the hopes that the current week is just as noteworthy. Cheers.