Everybody has a different way of waking up in the morning. Here's a way to start out your morning, by gathering with a like minded bunch of people to swap stories about geocaching over a cup of Joe.
This is the 5th installment of a Webfoot Wanderings Coffee Meet and Greet. I'm in town geocaching in the surrounding area and I'd like to meet some of the locals. I figured this would be a good spot to pick up breakfast, meet some of the local geocachers, and possibly trade a couple travel bugs before I hit the road and head for home in Southern California.
Come on down and grab a cup of coffee and spend some time shooting the breeze with other local and not so local geocachers. You'll be able to trade travel bugs and just hang out for awhile while you recharge your batteries with your favorite type of morning beverage. Or just sit and shoot the breeze. There is no need to purchase any food/beverage to enjoy ourselves here.
This event will be held at the Starbucks located at 3575 W Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89118. The event will start at 8:00 AM and end at 9:00 in the morning. That way, you'll still have plenty of time to do whatever you wanted to do for the rest of the day. There should be plenty of parking for this event.
On this date in history:
October 29, 1787 : Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
October 29, 1901 : Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
October 29, 1929 : The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
October 29, 1969 : The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
October 29, 1991 : The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
October 29, 1998 : Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space at that time.
Notable birthdays on this date in history:
October 29, 1891: Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (d. 1951)
October 29, 1921: Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2003)
October 29, 1938: Ralph Bakshi, American director, producer, and screenwriter
October 29, 1942: Bob Ross, American painter and television host (d. 1995)
October 29, 1961: Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
October 29, 1971: Winona Ryder, American actress and producer
Notable deaths on this date in history:
October 29, 1618: Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1554)
October 29, 1901: Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
October 29, 1911: Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
October 29, 1957: Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (b. 1885)
October 29, 1987: Woody Herman, American singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader (b. 1913)
October 29, 2003: Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)