blue water massey
Well-known Member
July 7
1846 American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the conquest of California
1891 Travelers cheque patented
1898 U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States
1928 Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri
1947 The Roswell incident, the (supposed) crash of an alien spaceship near Roswell in New Mexico
Birthdays:
1752 Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented programmable loom
1880 Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread
Deaths:
1890 Henri Nestl?, German businessman, founded Nestl?
Thought for the day:
" Bachelor's wives and spinster's children are always perfect. "
1846 American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the conquest of California
1891 Travelers cheque patented
1898 U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States
1928 Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri
1947 The Roswell incident, the (supposed) crash of an alien spaceship near Roswell in New Mexico
Birthdays:
1752 Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented programmable loom
1880 Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread
Deaths:
1890 Henri Nestl?, German businessman, founded Nestl?
Thought for the day:
" Bachelor's wives and spinster's children are always perfect. "
