blue water massey
Well-known Member
July 17
1775 1st military hospital approved
1861 US Congress authorizes paper money
1902 Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York
1923 John Cooper, English car designer, co-founded the Cooper Car Company
1938 Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves NY for LA, wound up in Ireland
Birthdays:
1839 Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive
1876 Rosa Jackson Lumpkin Georgia, lived to be 115
Deaths:
1885 Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture
1975 Modoc the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)
Thought for the day:
" Lost interest? It s so bad I ve lost apathy. "
1775 1st military hospital approved
1861 US Congress authorizes paper money
1902 Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York
1923 John Cooper, English car designer, co-founded the Cooper Car Company
1938 Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves NY for LA, wound up in Ireland
Birthdays:
1839 Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive
1876 Rosa Jackson Lumpkin Georgia, lived to be 115
Deaths:
1885 Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture
1975 Modoc the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)
Thought for the day:
" Lost interest? It s so bad I ve lost apathy. "
