blue water massey
Well-known Member
Jan. 19
1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede
1883 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by
Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey
1915 Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising
1953 Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I
Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth
1978 The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden.
Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003
Birthdays:
1736 James Watt Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
1813 ? Henry Bessemer, English engineer and inventor (Bessemer engine)
1953 ? Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor and singer
Thought for the day:
" There is as much greatness in acknowledging a good turn, as there is in doing
it. "
1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede
1883 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by
Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey
1915 Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising
1953 Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I
Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth
1978 The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden.
Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003
Birthdays:
1736 James Watt Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
1813 ? Henry Bessemer, English engineer and inventor (Bessemer engine)
1953 ? Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor and singer
Thought for the day:
" There is as much greatness in acknowledging a good turn, as there is in doing
it. "
