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Monday, February 08, 2010
Capistrano Beach
Enjoy volleyball, basketball and other beach activities. During the summer months, a concessionaire offers fishing gear rental and sales, food and beverages and beach supplies.
Today's DailyOM
Doheny State Beach is right next to Capistrano Beach and features 62 acres of sandy beach. The campground features 120 developed family campsites and the picnic area has 170 picnic tables and 99 barbecue grills. At the entrance to Doheny there is a visitor center with five aquariums, an indoor tide pool, exhibits, displays, gift shop, and photo history of Doheny surfing days. For More information:
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Past Events
| 1725 |
Catherine the Great became the Empress of Russia |
| 1886 |
A protest march in Trafalgar Square, by unemployed, ended in riots and looting |
| 1924 |
The gas chamber was used for the first time in an American state prison |
| 1955 |
Marshall Bulganin became the Soviet Prime Minister & 1st Secretary of the Communist Party |
| 1969 |
The first test flight of the Boeing 747, Jumbo jet, took place |
| 1974 |
The US spacestation, Skylab, crashed back to Earth, breaking up in the atmosphere |
| 1984 |
British peacekeeping troops left the Lebanon |
| 1994 |
Los Angeles, after an earthqauke & fires, was struk by flooding & mud slides |
Birthdays
| 1819 |
John Ruskin, English writer and artist |
| 1820 |
William Sherman, US general whom the 'Sherman Tank' was named after |
| 1828 |
Jules Verne, French author of '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' |
| 1920 |
Lana Turner, American film actress |
| 1925 |
Jack Lemmon, Veteran American film actor |
| 1931 |
James Dean, American film actor ('Rebel Without A Cause') |
| 1932 |
John Williams, US film score writer; 'Jaws' & 'Indiana Jones' |
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