Our weekly trip through San Diego history features baseball, medical and naval firsts. Plus your chance to win a book in the U-T San Diego trivia contest.
April 1: In 1952 Miramar was commissioned as a Naval Air Station in the midst of the Korean War.
April 2: In 1955 the first Sharp Hospital ? the Donald N. Sharp Memorial Community Hospital ? is dedicated in Kearny Mesa. Sharp was an Army Air Corps lieutenant in December 1944 when he was killed while returning from a mission in Germany.
April 3: In 2007 the Padres win their season opener in a 7-0 laugher against the Giants in San Francisco, beating former manager Bruce Bochy. Bochy laughed last.
April 4: In 1999 the Padres lose 8-2 to the Colorado Rockies in Monterrey, Mexico, the first major league opening game played outside the United States and Canada.
April 5: In 1916 future Academy Award-winning actor Gregory Peck is born Eldred Gregory Peck in La Jolla. He was nominated five times for Best Actor and won once for his role in "To Kill a Mockingbird."
April 6: In 1917 the U.S. entered World War I and the Organ Pavilion in Balboa park began starting concerts with "America" and ending them with "The Star Spangled Banner." The music endures.
April 7: In 1888 the Sweetwater Dam was completed and in 2006 it was recognized as a national historic landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Our weekly giveaway
Email or tweet me answers to the trivia question by 5 p.m. Tuesday to enter a random drawing to win a nonfiction book from the U-T library.
A helpful hint: You don't have to scour the Internet for the answer. You'll find it via a link on this page.
Here's the question: How tall is the Sweetwater Dam?
Email me: matthew.hall@utsandiego.com | Tweet me: @SDuncovered | Subscribe to our local history blog
3 10 to yuma west virginia football west virginia football black friday violence black friday violence il postino il postino
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.