blue water massey
Well-known Member
Dec. 14
1798 David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine
1819 Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state
1896 The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway
Company
1902 The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph
cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu
1903 The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer
at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Birthdays:
1896 Jimmy Doolittle, American general and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient
Deaths:
1799 George Washington American general and politician, 1st President of the
United States
Thought for the day:
" If your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. "
1798 David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine
1819 Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state
1896 The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway
Company
1902 The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph
cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu
1903 The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer
at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Birthdays:
1896 Jimmy Doolittle, American general and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient
Deaths:
1799 George Washington American general and politician, 1st President of the
United States
Thought for the day:
" If your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. "