“What Do Godzilla, Black Bart and Chevrolet Have in Common?”
By Michelle Carr Crowe, Silicon Valley REALTOR®
“Do you know what Godzilla, Black Bart and Chevrolet have in common?”
All three share an important anniversary on November 3rd.
Here are the more details on the notable anniversaries for Godzilla, Black Bart and Chevrolet, along with information on other interesting facts that also occurred on November 3rd.
1783 – The American Continental Army is disbanded.
1868 – John Willis Menard was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
1883 – Robber "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves a clue that eventually leads to his capture. Born Charles Earl Bowles, he is known to have robbed over 2 dozen Wells Fargo stagecoaches. 
Bowles left only two authenticated poems, below is one of them.
Here I lay me down to sleep
To wait the coming morrow,
Perhaps success, perhaps defeat,
And everlasting sorrow.
Let come what will, I'll try it on,
My condition can't be worse;
And if there's money in that box
'Tis munny in my purse.
1911 – Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market, competing directly with the Ford Model T. Chevy’s first automobile was the Series C Classic Six, which was actually designed prior to Chevrolet’s incorporation as a company, so the first models (besides the prototype) were produced in 1912.
1954 – The first Godzilla film is released and marks the first appearance of the character of the same name.
1957 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2, with the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
1960 – The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress. For a year prior, residents battled in court against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials who wanted to convert the Great Swamp into a major airport for jet airplanes.
1964 – Washington D.C. residents vote in their first presidential election.
1973 – NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. Almost six months later, on March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach the planet Mercury.
While these interesting facts about Godzilla, Black Bart and Chevrolet on November 3rd, have nothing to do with my real estate business selling homes to families in San Jose, Cupertino and Saratoga in Silicon Valley, Calif., they sure do add fun and entertainment to life.
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Images courtesy of Michelle Carr-Crowe’s private collection, the public domain, the U.S. government or www.freedigitalphotos.net.Facts compiled from Wikipedia, Smithsonian, HistoryOrb and MentalFloss among other sources.
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