THE LAST PACER OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE
On December 3, 1979, the last Pacer rolled off the assembly
line at the American Motors Corporation (AMC) factory in
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
When the car first came on the market in 1975, it was a
sensation, hailed as the car of the future. “When you buy
any other car,” ads said, “all you end up with is today’s car.
When you get a Pacer, you get a piece of tomorrow.” By
1979, however, sales had faded considerably. Today, polls
and experts agree: The Pacer was one of the worst cars of
all time.
HUMAN HEART TRANSPLANT ON THIS DAY
On December 3, 1967, 53-year-old Louis Washkansky received
the first human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in
Cape Town, South Africa.
Washkansky, a South African grocer dying from chronic heart
disease, received the transplant from Denise Darvall, a 25-year-
old woman who was fatally injured in a car accident.
The new heart recipient died eighteen days later of pneumonia,
largely brought on by the anti-rejection drugs that suppressed
his immune system.
Surgeon Christiaan Barnard, who trained at the University of Cape
Town and in the United States, performed the revolutionary medical
operation.
Christiaan Neethling Barnard (1922 – 2001)
WASHINGTON AT THE DELAWARE RIVER
As related in a letter dated the following day, General
George Washington wrote to Congress from his
headquarters in Trenton, New Jersey, to report that
he had transported much of the Continental Army’s
stores and baggage across the Delaware River to
Pennsylvania on December 2, 1776.
Most of the troops could not swim, and horses were
also transported. Additionally, eighteen pieces of
artillery had to cross over the river.
Washington’s famous crossing of the Delaware would come
less than a month later on December 25th.
TODAY IS CYBER MONDAY…??
Cyber Monday is a marketing term for e-commerce transactions
on the Monday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It was
created by retailers to encourage people to shop online.
The term was coined by Ellen Davis of the National Retail
Federation and Scott Silverman, and made its debut on
November 28, 2005, in a Shop.org press release entitled
"Cyber Monday Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest
Online Shopping Days of the Year.
(From Wikipedia)
Ellen Davis
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