As I sat to write today's blog, I was almost positive what happened on this day last year. I soon learned that I was a bit off, so I'll save last year's happenings until the day actually comes. After realizing it, I was a bit stuck so I researched today in history and I learned that many historical significant things happened today in the past few hundred years. The two that struck me as the most interesting happened in 1919 and 1920 on this day. On August 25, 1919, the first scheduled passenger was serviced by a plane from Paris to London. As far as travel and transportation go, this day may just be one of the most significant days. Air travel makes traveling essentially possible, because without it, traveling would be limited to car, train, or boat, and take exponentially longer than flying. Flying makes it possible for us to get on a plane and wake up on the other side of the world in only a day.
On this day in 1920, Ethelda Bleibtrey became the first woman to ever win a gold medal in the Olympics. She was a swimmer from New York, and she won a total of three gold medals during those Olympic games at Antwerp, Belgium.
As far as this day goes for me, I can already tell it's going to be great. On Thursdays I happen to (so far) really enjoy both of my classes, which are Digital Journalism and Shakespeare for Non-Majors. After class I hope to go to the gym, unpack a bit more of my apartment which is still a mess, and get happy hour with my friends. Best of all, it's Thursday, so it means Jersey Shore is on (yeah, I'm embarassing), and it's the weekend for me! See you all in class.
