blue water massey
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Oct. 15
1783 The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon (tethered) makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-Fran?ois Pil?tre de Rozier
1863 The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks during a test, killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley
1878 The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation
1956 Fortran, the 1st modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the 1st time
1997 The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom), 50 years and one day after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in the Earth's atmosphere
Birthdays:
1924 Lee Iacocca, American businessman and author
Deaths:
1917 Mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris
1930 Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company
Thought for the day:
?Every time you subtract negative from your life, you make room for more positive.?
1783 The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon (tethered) makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-Fran?ois Pil?tre de Rozier
1863 The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks during a test, killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley
1878 The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation
1956 Fortran, the 1st modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the 1st time
1997 The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom), 50 years and one day after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in the Earth's atmosphere
Birthdays:
1924 Lee Iacocca, American businessman and author
Deaths:
1917 Mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris
1930 Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company
Thought for the day:
?Every time you subtract negative from your life, you make room for more positive.?