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December 14 ~ On this day in 1986, Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards AFB, California, beginning the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around world. Rutan was special guest speaker at SDSM&T’s Engineers’ Week celebration in 1988. Revisit this event @ your library.

December 13 ~ On this day in 1950, legendary performer James Dean began his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial. If you have been supporting the Friends of the Devereaux Library Nostalgia Night film series, you've seen his fine films. If you missed them, you can checked them out at the library while you're getting your season tickets for Nostalgia Night 2011 . Devereaux's cinema collection is one of the many projects funded by the Friends of the Devereaux Library.

December 12 ~ On this day in 1901 Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal, England to the United States. Interested in the development of wireless radio transmission , curious about what's happening now? Check @ your library.

December 11 ~ On this day in 1981, Spacelab I , a reusable laboratory to be used on some of the Space Shuttle missions, arrived at Kennedy Space Center . Learn more @ your library.

December 10 ~ On this day in 1799 the metric system of measurement was established in France. Research the history of the system, learn how to use it and find the tools you need @ your library.

Several days ago I asked for help identifying some pictures from the archives. With help from Sid Goss, Sam French and many of the people who have been associated with Storm Mountain over the years, some of the mysteries have been solved. We know the mystery location was Storm Mountain, and are fairly certain the year was 1986. We have confirmed the identities of several folks in the pictures too. Thanks! I'm sure we'll be calling on you all for help again. Student Leadership Retreat at Storm Mountain Center

December 9 On this day in 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered on network television. Although the library doesn’t have this Peanuts cartoon, it does have many items to help you celebrate the season: music CDs , DVDs and video recordings , print books and e-books . Too busy to drop by the library? Devereaux Delivers !