This Day in History Nov. 6

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Nov. 6

1528 Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador ?lvar N??ez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in the area that would become Texas
1861 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America
1944 Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
1977 The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails

Birthdays:

1854 John Phillip Sousa Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever)
1880 Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company
1893 Edsel Ford, American lieutenant and businessman (son of Henry Ford)

Deaths:

1936 Henry Bourne Joy, American businessman(Packard Motor Car Company)

Thought for the day:

" Even the smallest candle burns brighter in the dark. "
 
I remember the Toccoa tragedy. That is about 25 miles from home. We sat and listened to the Toccoa radio station for hours as the events unfolded afterword. I think it was 39 people killed.
Richard in NW SC
 

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