blue water massey
Well-known Member
July 24
1701 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit
1847 Rotary-type printing press patented by Richard March Hoe, NYC
1870 1st trans-US rail service begins
1969 Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean
Birthdays:
1898 Amelia Earhart into the wild blue yonder
1899 Bernice Madigan, American super-centenarian (d. 2015)
Deaths:
1862 Martin Van Buren 8th pres, dies in Kinderhook NY
Thought for the day :
" We punish the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. "
1701 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit
1847 Rotary-type printing press patented by Richard March Hoe, NYC
1870 1st trans-US rail service begins
1969 Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean
Birthdays:
1898 Amelia Earhart into the wild blue yonder
1899 Bernice Madigan, American super-centenarian (d. 2015)
Deaths:
1862 Martin Van Buren 8th pres, dies in Kinderhook NY
Thought for the day :
" We punish the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. "