blue water massey
Well-known Member
Aug. 11
1866 World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport, RI)
1934 The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island
1942 Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi
1968 The last steam hauled train runs on British Rail
Birthdays:
1869 Hale Holden, American businessman, president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
1950 Steve Wozniak cofounded Apple Computer
Thought for the day:
" No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting. "
1866 World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport, RI)
1934 The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island
1942 Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi
1968 The last steam hauled train runs on British Rail
Birthdays:
1869 Hale Holden, American businessman, president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
1950 Steve Wozniak cofounded Apple Computer
Thought for the day:
" No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting. "
