blue water massey
Well-known Member
Jan. 10
1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US
1863 The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens
between London Paddington station and Farringdon station
1870 John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
1901 The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont,
Texas
1949 RCA introduces 45 RPM record
Birthdays:
1877 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and
philanthropist (electrostatic precipitator)
1930 Roy E. Disney, American businessman CEO (Disney)
Deaths:
1862 Samuel Colt, American engineer and businessman, founded Colt's
Manufacturing Company
Thought for the day:
?Contradiction and paradox are the essence of life.?
1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US
1863 The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens
between London Paddington station and Farringdon station
1870 John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
1901 The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont,
Texas
1949 RCA introduces 45 RPM record
Birthdays:
1877 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and
philanthropist (electrostatic precipitator)
1930 Roy E. Disney, American businessman CEO (Disney)
Deaths:
1862 Samuel Colt, American engineer and businessman, founded Colt's
Manufacturing Company
Thought for the day:
?Contradiction and paradox are the essence of life.?
