Today in History 09/30 (Hoover Dam)

Website: www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam
Address: #, Boulder City, NV 89109
Phone: (702) 494-2517
Opened: 1936
Height: 726 feet (Architectural)
Impounds: Colorado River
The Hoover Dam from the air. Colorado river and Lake Mead. Significant water level decline is indicated by the white high water line
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(1935) Gargantuan construction of Hoover dams the Colorado River.
Also on this day,
1791 | Mozart’s final masterwork ‘The Magic Flute’ debuts in Vienna
Also on this day,
1791 | Mozart’s final masterwork ‘The Magic Flute’ debuts in Vienna
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 35, conducts in Vienna while his sister-in-law sings a key role in the premiere performance of his newest opera, ‘The Magic Flute.’ The work will be rapturously received, but its composer will relish the achievement for just two months before falling ill and dying.1938 | In Munich Agreement Hitler’s Germany gains Czech borderlands
Adolph Hitler wants Czechoslovakia’s borderlands, and European leaders, still haunted by the ghosts of World War I and intimidated by the ever-growing Nazi war machine, agree to the demand. The Munich Agreement is signed by Britain, Italy, France, and Germany, allowing the Nazis to annex the ‘Sudetenland.’1960 | ‘Yabba Dabba Doo!’ ‘The Flintstones’ premieres on ABC
The first animated primetime sitcom debuts, introducing viewers to Fred Flintstone and his modern stone-age family. The show will run for six seasons, but spinoffs—and vitamins—will keep the franchise rolling for more than five decades.
Today in History 09/30/17

After the summit, the British prime minister Chamberlain returned to the UK where he declared that the Munich agreement meant "peace for our time"
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