What happened on May 2, 1995

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Doomz02

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I was just curious if anything of significance happened on this date? The reason why I'm asking is that my this was the date my digital watch suddenly changed to for no reason whatsoever.

Any ideas? Comments? Or is this just plain ludicrous?
 
nothing that I know, but the date I entered in google gave me some interesting results and heaps of old 1995 web pages

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1995 (9:50 AM EDT)


NOTE: Missions managers decided to proceed with work to launch STS-70
on June 8, ahead of STS-71 which remains targeted for no early than
June 19.

MISSION: STS-70 -- TDRS-G

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: June 8
*LAUNCH TIME: 9:01 a.m. EDT
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
*TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 16 at 8:18 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 7 days, 22 hours (with option to shorten to 5 days)
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees
*change from earlier status

IN WORK TODAY:
· Preparations for move to Vehicle Assembly Building on Wednesday

WORK COMPLETED:
· Close payload bay doors
· Forward, mid-body and aft engine compartment close-outs
· Transport TDRS to Launch Pad 39-B’s Payload Check-out Room

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
· Roll orbiter to Vehicle Assembly Building (8 a.m. Wednesday)
· Roll Shuttle vehicle to Launch Pad 39-B (May 11)
· Hot fire auxiliary power unit no. 2 (May 12)
· Install TDRS into orbiter payload bay (May 13)
· Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (May 18-19)
· Flight readiness review (May 26)


MISSION: STS-71 -- 1st MIR DOCKING

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Launch Pad 39-A
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: June 19 (no earlier than)
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: 6:43 p.m. EDT
LAUNCH WINDOW: 5 minutes
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 30 at 2:14 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 19 hours, 31 minutes
CREW SIZE: 7 up, 8 down
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.60 degrees

IN WORK TODAY:
· Main propulsion system helium signature test
· Hypergolic fueling preparations

WORK COMPLETED:
· Preparations for helium signature test
· Access aft engine compartment

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
· Prelaunch hypergolic propellant load (May 10-11)
· Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (May 24-25)


MISSION: STS-69 -- WSF-2 & SPARTAN 201-03

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 20 at 10:30 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 31 at 7:15 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 21 hours
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 190 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Endeavour is powered-up. Work to close-out the left and right
hand orbital maneuvering system pods is complete. The drag chute has
been installed and check-outs are underway today. The bay will be
closed later this week for hazardous operations to service the
auxiliary power units. Solid rocket booster stacking operations are
scheduled to begin later this week in the Vehicle Assembly Building.


MISSION: STS-73 -- U.S. MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY-2

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Sept. 21 at 10:37 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 7 at 8:31 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 16 days
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 167 statute miles/39 degrees

NOTE: Columbia is powered-up and payload bay door functional checks
are complete. Access to the aft engine compartment and purge
connections are also complete.
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So far, that date doesn't really give me a recall of anything of significant.

*shrugs* Any ideas anyone?
 
Ummmm maybe your watch just happend to break on that day? You see, it's really not that far fetched an idea, you see, because sometimes watches break, and any watch which breaks must do so at some defiinate point in time (Well unless it slowly looses time or gains time or something, but for that we'd need to lay down looser ground rules for "broken"). My theory is that your watch is one of many which has broken in the past (I've had a few myself) and that that particular date just happend to be the particular point in time which it broke, without any paranormal explanation. . . then again it could be spirits of dead aliens released from a solar flare.
 
:D:D:D
but seriously , I think it was because of Main propulsion system helium signature test.
anything can go wrong in those propulsion tests:bugeye:
 
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Ehh. one problem with the breakin watch theory... My watch wasn't even made then lol. Also, my watch didnt even break, it was still running and tickin away like nothing happened. :\
 
mystech who ever heard of a watch breaking before it was ever built? I mean that would be something to put in a x-file.:D
 
Well, it would be one helluva idiotic business plan :D

Seller:Here sir, we've got this new brand spanking new watch fer ya.

Sir: (tries it on) Why doesn't it work?

Seller: It's our new business model - Mastercard or VISA sir?

only $19.99

And sir, we'll even throw in free shipping!

Sir: but. i am WEARING IT!

Seller: You see! We keep our promises!

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:D
 
Originally posted by Doomz02
this was the date my digital watch suddenly changed to for no reason whatsoever.
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So? Big deal! Maybe it had some kind of recall from a former "watch-life". :D

Anyways, is this thread actually going to lead somewhere?

Why don't you yourself provide some facts about events which happened on May 2 -1995, Doomz02?

Make it worthwhile please...
 
Uhm, excuse the bashing you moron. I'm asking What, that mean's that I DON'T KNOW. On top of another thing, it CAN be a big deal even if it seems useless to you for any reason whatsoever. To have a watch simply change it's time for no apparent explaination is of major significance in my views.

That does not give you the right to base and slander other's views. AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY PEOPLE KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT WHEN IMPORTANT EVENTS TAKE PLACE.
 
First off, I question the suitability of this topic on watches, (by itself) residing in Pseudoscience.

There is the possibility that the battery may be weak, contacts corroded, or even some looseness within that may have given a temporary and very short lived brake in the electrical source. Usually when power is cut off there is a bit of time before the circuits die, due to capacitors holding charge for a while. When such occurs, and there is low power within the circuits things start having trouble remembering what they were keeping track of.

Not so mysterious...
 
On May 2, 1995:

1995 Michael Hordern actor (Fool, Green Man, Scoop), dies at 83
1995 "Hamlet" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 121 performances
1995 Expos bat out of order against Mets in 6th inning
1995 Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six

Kinda funny to because May 2 is around the time that the Kentucky Derby starts. And on May 2 I remember that a horse named Real Quiet won. Oh and it was also the 124th Kentucky Derby. GO CARDS! (Local football)
 
Originally posted by Doomz02
Ehh. one problem with the breakin watch theory... My watch wasn't even made then lol.
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If your watch wasn't even made on the mentioned date, then how could it exist for you to notice it change time on the same date in the first place? :confused:
 
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Originally posted by Doomz02
AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY PEOPLE KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT WHEN IMPORTANT EVENTS TAKE PLACE.
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Haha, would that be because you aparently lack the ability to judge what an important event is? haha! Hey, my computer crashed the other day, maybe there is some sort of conspiracy or paranormal explanation behind it. . . or it could just be Microsoft striking again!

Still, though, I think we should get the FBI involved, if this doesn't fall under their jurisdiction, then by God, what does!?
 
Forget it. You guys aren't worth my energy. Apparently you like to bash people's ideas into oblivian. So this is my final post. Thanks for an entertaining time.
 
Hey Doomz don't get so worked up not everyone was bashing you. I had an idea, maybe you were taken through time in an instant and your watched actually got set to the other time. Probably not but it's fun to think about.:)
 
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