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The crew of the Apollo 8 (from left): Frank Borman, William Anders and James Lovell Jr. (AP Photo) 

 

Borman announced that the crew had a final message for
the people of Earth as each man took turns reading the 
first 10 verses of the book of Genesis from the Bible.

The Apollo 8 mission paved the way for Apollo 11, fulfilling
President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the
moon before the end of the decade.

Apollo 8 command module in the Museum of
Science and Industry.

On December 21, 1891, 30-year-old James Naismith (above) 
introduced the first game of basketball. Based on 13 rules
created by Naismith, the game was tested by 18 students at
the International Young Men’s Christian Association Training
School in Springfield, Massachusetts.

On December 17, 1892, Arthur Baldwin Turnure first published
a new magazine, dedicated to “the ceremonial side of life”
and targeted at “the sage as well as the debutante, men of
affairs as well as the belle.” 

As a product of the Gilded Age, Vogue has chronicled and
influenced high society, fashion and culture ever since.

Arthur Baldwin Turnure(1856–1906)

Vogue, November 2024.

The Daughters of the American Revolution, comprised of
women in the United States and around the world who
descend from patriots of the nation’s fight for it’s
independence, was founded in Washington, D.C. on
this day in history, Oct. 11, 1890.

The    groups website says,The DAR "is a nonprofit, non-
political volunteer women’s service organization dedicated
to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and
securing America’s future through better education for
children."

The patriotic all-female organization devoted to ‘God, Home
and Country’ has 190,000 members worldwide.

The Daughters of the American Revolution headquarters
photo (1890 – 1900).

The Naval School was founded in Annapolis, Maryland in the wake
of a shocking scandal at sea on this day in history, Oct. 10, 1845.

The renowned military institute was renamed the U.S. Naval
Academy in 1850.

The school was established following the discovery of a planned
mutiny on the Atlantic Ocean aboard U.S. Navy brig Somers. 

U.S. Naval Academy in 1853.

The 17th U.S. Secretary of the Navy
(1845 – 1846)

Civil War hero Admiral David Dixon Porter
became superintendent in 1865.

USS Constitution and Santee tied up in the background.
Other ships not identified.