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MAY 11 — 1881 Happy Birthday aerospace engineer Theodore von Karman 1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern; 1858 Minnesota joins Union; 2016 Scherzer strikes out 20 Detroit Tigers in one game
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MAY 11
1881 – Happy birthday , mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist Theodore von Karman.
Born in a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, Theodore took after his father’s brilliant math and engineering skills, working to advance supersonic and hydroponic airflow characterization. In 1911 he theorized the Karman Vortex Street, which explained the collapse of the Tacoma Bridge in Washington State at that time.
In 1926, von Karman began working with Caltech’s construction of a wind tunnel, at GALCIT, say it? Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratories funded by Daniel Guggenheim. Von Karman and his students were coming up with new understandings for aeroelsasticity.
Meanwhile, back in Europe as the Germans continued their advancements during the 1930s, rocket propulsion was a technology that needed to be perfected quickly, and once again there was von Karman, this time with JATO rocket motors, or jet-assisted takeoff motors.
In 1947 he proposed to the United Nations the creation of an international research center for fluid and soil mechanics , which led in part to UNESCO. IN 1951, von Karman worked with NATO to launch AGARD, or the Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development. This list of laboratories named after him goes on and on, folks. But possibly the most interesting thing named after Karman is the line that separates Earth from outer space, about 62 miles.
At this line, a vehicle would need to travel faster than orbital velocity in order to gain enough aerodynamic lift to sustain flight.
1997-By now of course the US proved to the world
…that democracy reigns over communism and tyranny. How did Americans know this? Because we’re smart. How do we know we’re smart? Because not only did America win the cold war against the Russians, we proved it again through a game of chess. In fact, America couldn’t be bothered to show up to the tournament, so IBM placed a computer to go up against Russia’s leading Chess player, Garry Kasparov.
And, much like the space race, the Russians handed our butts to us in the beginning. The unbeatable Kasparov, the world’s chess champion, beat Big Blue in 1996. But on May 11, 1997, there was a rematch. And Kasparov lost the match, 3 ½ – 2 ½ . IBM’s supercomputer, capable of analyzing 200 million chess moves a second, was programmed by a team of programmers and chess experts.
1881 – Happy birthday, mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physic Theodore von Karman.
Born in a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, Theodore took after his father’s brilliant math and engineering skills, working to advance supersonic and hydrosonic airflow characterization. In 1911 he theorized the Karman Vortex Street, which explained the collapse of the Tacoma Bridge in Washington State at that time. In 1926, Von Karman began working with Caltech’s construction of a wind tunnel, at GALCIT, say it? Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratories funded by Daniel Guggenheim. Von Karman and his students were coming up with new understandings for aeroelsasticity. Meanwhile, back in Europe as the Germans continued their advancements during the 1930s, rocket propulsion was a technology that needed to be perfected quickly, and once again there was von Karman, this time with JATO rocket motors, or jet-assisted takeoff motors.
In 1947 he proposed to the United Nations the creation of an international research center for fluid and soil mechanics, which led in part to UNESCO. IN 1951, von Karman worked with NATO to launch AGARD, or the Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development. This list of laboratories named after him goes on and on, folks. But possibly the most interesting thing named after Karman is the line that separates Earth from outer space, about 62 miles. At this line, a vehicle would need to travel faster than orbital velocity in order to gain enough aerodynamic lift to sustain flight.
Civil War news…
1864 – The Battle of Yellow Tavern.
…This was part of the Overland campaign. It was Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan challenging the legendary Maj. Gen JEB Stuart. Lemme just talk about the Confederate cavalry cheif for a moment here. Good ol’ JEB. JEB is short for James Ewell Brown. His grandfather was in the Revolutionary War, and his dad fought in the war of 1812. Stuart attended West Point in 1854, and became friends with Robert E. Lee. Stuart was involved in the Bleeding Kansas incident, and was sent by Lee to annihilate John Brown and his raid at Harpers Ferry.
He resigned from the US army to join the Confederate army, even though his wife’s father fought for the US army. Stonewall Jackson promoted him to Colonel and assigned Stuart to command cavalry units of the Army of Shenandoah. JEB Stuart fought considerably in the First battle of Bull Run and led the Confederate Army to force the Union Army’s retreat. Stuart made bold moves in the Peninsula Campaign as well as Antietam, and was promoted to major general in the Northern Virginia Campaign.
Jeb looked really good by making the Union army look really bad. Then things started going downhill for Stuart when for some reason Stuart didn’t or couldn’t detect movement from the Union Army at Brandy Station, then only a month later fell out of touch with his intel from HQ in unfamiliar enemy territory at Gettysburg and was repulsed by the Union cavalry.
Which brings us back to the May 11 1864 at Yellow Tavern, where he was shot and that was pretty much it. J.E.B. Stuart died the next day and supposedly his wife wore black for the rest of her life. Not sure if that’s true or not but that’s what I heard.
1858 – Minnesota becomes the 32nd state of the Union.
… I’m going to run over a very brief lists of some of the many great things invented in the Land of the Lakes: Wheaties, rollerblades, scotch tape, the pacemaker, the stapler, the automatic retractable seat belt, and the might Tonka Truck we boys played with as kids.
1980 – Pete Rose steals second, third and home in one inning for the Phillies.
2016 — Scherzer strikes out 20 Detroit Tigers in one game.
Originally from Chesterfield, MO, Max Scherzer started with the Diamondbacks in 2006, but really got into his groove with the Tigers starting in 09. In 2013, he won the American League Cy Award with a 21-3, 2.90 ERA record and a league-leading .875 won-lost percentage. Then he moved to the Nationals, where he had two no-hitters in 2015.
At the beginning of the 2016 season, his fastball got a little bit of funk, but on this day against his former team, Washington was up 1-0 after Anthony Rendon scored on a line drive, but the game would be tied after Tiger Jose Inglesias scored a run. Then Scherzer’s fastball was on. He would strike out at least two in every inning except the fourth. Not only was it his best game, it was better than Roger Clemens’s best game at 20 strikeouts. Scherzer would lead the league with 284 strikeouts a 20-7, 2.96 record, all of which would earn him the Cy Young award for 2016.
1985-Madonna’s Crazy For You tops the pop charts.