Not going to be very usefil knowing what its going to be like tomorrow when that was 63 years ago

I haven't worn a (wrist) watch for decades
When you have to do frequent hand washing (in the last 35 years I have been employed in the meat industry, food industry, childcare and elder care) its not worth the hassle.
Of course I gave up Apple in 1988

Stone tablets may be fireproof, but don't go and throw them at a golden calf, because then they will break.

A few decades ago, before global warming became popular, there was El Nino and La Nina - depending on whereabouts in the Pacific the warm surface water was located.
And before that, the meteorologists refered to "the southern oscillation"

We could use the heat from the sun to evaporate seawater, then condense it.

Pax Romana

Which one was that ? Mary Tamm or Lalla Ward

Back in those days the IAU wasn't around to set the rules about what is or is not a planet.

Although it would be nice to send them back in time so they could witness the event.

"You have to remember, Stanford considers Computer Science to be just a branch of the Philosophy Department in the first place.."

In that case you might as well go to the University of Wooloomooloo , I hear they have an excellent Philosophy Department - just ask for Bruce

>Apaches dropping off the "enforcers"

The Apache is a gunship. It doesn't carry troops.
Maybe you mean Blackhawks

Tomorrow us Thursday, the Vogons will be here to destroy the planet.

Yes, at least this one is based on a book (series) rather than movies or TV SciFi

If you could remove a day from the calendar, which would it be?

April 1st

April 15th

February 14th

October 31st

December 25th

The 1st Tuesday in November on a leap year

Your birthday

Cowboy Neal's birthday

I didn't click any links but my guess based on the summary was Cybermen

Take off and nuke the site from orbit, its the only way to be sure

Funnily enough, the Hindenburg was designed to be filled with Helium. However theworld supply of He at that time was monopolized by the USA, who didn't trust the Nazis to only use airships for peaceful purposes, so denied them thte gas. So the Zeppelin company had to use hydrogen.

"the worst disaster was the R101 which killed 48"

But it didnt happen live on radio, or with the cameras rolling , thats why people remember the Hindenburg.

" Airships were not only vulnerable to explosion, they were unstable in high winds and storms."

fixed winged aircraft of that time were also vulnerable to storms, but they didn't carry as many people as the big airships.