blue water massey
Well-known Member
July 26
1775 The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by
the Second Continental Congress
1803 The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London,
United Kingdom
1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
1953 Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults
against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before
the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War
Birthdays:
1799 Isaac Babbitt invented babbitt's metal for bearings
1904 Edwin Albert Link, American industrialist and entrepreneur, invented the flight simulator
Deaths:
1863 Sam Houston president of Texas
1932 Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company
Thought for the day:
" There are two sides to every question, politicians take both. "
1775 The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by
the Second Continental Congress
1803 The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London,
United Kingdom
1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
1953 Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults
against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before
the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War
Birthdays:
1799 Isaac Babbitt invented babbitt's metal for bearings
1904 Edwin Albert Link, American industrialist and entrepreneur, invented the flight simulator
Deaths:
1863 Sam Houston president of Texas
1932 Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company
Thought for the day:
" There are two sides to every question, politicians take both. "