blue water massey
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Jan. 14
1639 The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut
1784 American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain
1799 Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
1914 Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords
1954 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation
Birthdays:
1741 Benedict Arnold, American-British general
1925 Jean Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina
1932 Don Garlits, American race car driver and engineer
Deaths:
1742 Edmond Halley, English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist(Halley's Comet)
1920 John Francis Dodge, American, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Co
2012 Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
Thought for the day:
" Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all. "
1639 The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut
1784 American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain
1799 Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
1914 Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords
1954 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation
Birthdays:
1741 Benedict Arnold, American-British general
1925 Jean Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina
1932 Don Garlits, American race car driver and engineer
Deaths:
1742 Edmond Halley, English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist(Halley's Comet)
1920 John Francis Dodge, American, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Co
2012 Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
Thought for the day:
" Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all. "