blue water massey
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Oct. 28
1636 A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University
1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on the cotton gin
1886 In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. The first ticker tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the statue is dedicated
1919 The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January
1942 The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska
Birthdays:
1793 Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms
1914 Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician made polio a fear of the past
1955 Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
Deaths:
1899 Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine
Thought for the day:
?My theory on housework is, if the item doesn?t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be."
1636 A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University
1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on the cotton gin
1886 In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. The first ticker tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the statue is dedicated
1919 The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January
1942 The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska
Birthdays:
1793 Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms
1914 Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician made polio a fear of the past
1955 Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
Deaths:
1899 Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine
Thought for the day:
?My theory on housework is, if the item doesn?t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be."