This Day in History Oct. 9

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Oct. 9

1701 Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered
1855 Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope
1930 1st transcontinental flight by a woman completed, Laura Ingalls
1936 Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River

Birthdays:

1873 Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens
1900 Joseph Friedman, American inventor, invented the bendy straw

Thought for the day:

" If you always postpone pleasure you will never have it. "
 

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