blue water massey
Well-known Member
Dec. 26
1776 In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces
1825 Erie Canal opens
1862 Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship
1865 James H Mason (Massachusetts) patents 1st US coffee percolator
1975 Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach 2, went into service
Birthdays:
1791 Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine (automatic mechanical calculator)
Deaths:
1931 Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification
1972 Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States
2006 Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States
Thought for the day:
" Statistics are often used as a drunk uses a light pole: For support rather than illumination. "
1776 In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces
1825 Erie Canal opens
1862 Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship
1865 James H Mason (Massachusetts) patents 1st US coffee percolator
1975 Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach 2, went into service
Birthdays:
1791 Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine (automatic mechanical calculator)
Deaths:
1931 Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification
1972 Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States
2006 Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States
Thought for the day:
" Statistics are often used as a drunk uses a light pole: For support rather than illumination. "
