blue water massey
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Jan. 8
1675 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co)
1790 George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City
1835 ?he United States national debt is zero for the only time
1918 Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment
1963 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Birthdays:
1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company
1911 Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author
Deaths:
1825 Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin
1941 Lord Robert Baden-Powell English general, founder of the Boy Scout movement
Thought for the day:
"Work hard for what you want. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to."
1675 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co)
1790 George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City
1835 ?he United States national debt is zero for the only time
1918 Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment
1963 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Birthdays:
1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company
1911 Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author
Deaths:
1825 Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin
1941 Lord Robert Baden-Powell English general, founder of the Boy Scout movement
Thought for the day:
"Work hard for what you want. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to."