![]() 21), the 1858 ride of the Butterfield Stagecoach (Sept. ![]() ![]() 16), the 1959 repeal of Prohibition (April 7), Chester Gould's first published drawing (April 28, 1919), the 1928 death of OU football mascot-mongrel Max (May 4), the 1950 flying saucers sightings (May 10), George Nigh's birthday (June 9), the first parking meter installation (July 16, 1935), Gordon Cooper's 1965 outer-space record (Aug. A 1993 calendar, planned as the first of an annual publication, is OKLAHOMA YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW by Glenda Carlisle and Liz Codding (C&C Productions, $7.95.) Useful, educational and entertaining, it lists historical events for each date, plus historic photos, plus current tourism-type events such as the state's chili cookoffs, powwows, rattlesnake hunts and varied festivals.īeyond what day it is, history students-date checkers can celebrate or mourn the anniversaries of the 1956 earthquake (Feb. ![]()
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