Magic Mountain is a huge metal jungle of absolute fun! I wish we lived closer. We learned on day 2, to go to the right when entering. X2 and Tatsu are fun, but we enjoyed Full Throttle, Super Man, Goliath and Lex Luthor so much more and rode multiple times.
Truman inaugurates White House bowling alley. President Harry S. Truman officially opens the first White House bowling alley on this day in 1947. The two-lane bowling alley, situated in the West Wing, had been constructed earlier that year. According to Smithsonian Magazine, a group of Trumanâs fellow Missourians funded the construction of the bowling alley in honor of the president.
President George W. Bush brought the tradition back to Washington when the Nationals returned to D.C. in 2005, then did it again at the opening of Nationals Park in 2008. President Obama threw out the first pitch in 2010âthe 100th anniversary of Taftâs toss.It was, in the words of Bob Uecker, just a bit outside.ot only did Taft toss out the first pitch, he stayed for the whole gameâwhich the Senators won. Taft showed up again in 1911 to throw out the first pitch and had his vice president do it in 1912. The Senators won all three games.