September 25 1513: The Pacific Ocean was discovered by Spanish explorer Vasco de Balboa when he crossed the Isthmus of Panama. 1843: Melville Bissell, inventor of the carpet sweeper, was born. 1903: The Wright brothers arrived at Kitty Hawk, NC, to begin work on their first powered aircraft. 1928: Motorola was initially incorporated as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. 1956: The first Transatlantic telephone cable was placed in service (Clarenville, Newfoundland to Oban, Scotland). 1973: The three crewmen of Skylab 3 landed in the Pacific Ocean after being on the U.S. space laboratory for 59 days. 1998: Mark McGwire hit his 66th home run, just 45 minutes after Sammy Sosa hit his 66th homer of the season. | 
