blue water massey
Well-known Member
Dec. 29
1782 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston
1837 Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop ME
1845 In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, the United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state
1848 Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration)
1908 Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville WI
Birthdays:
1800 Charles Goodyear, American chemist, engineer and inventor (vulcanization process for rubber)
1808 Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States
Deaths:
1929 Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach
Thought for the day:
" The minute a man is convinced that he is interesting, he isn t. "
1782 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston
1837 Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop ME
1845 In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, the United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state
1848 Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration)
1908 Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville WI
Birthdays:
1800 Charles Goodyear, American chemist, engineer and inventor (vulcanization process for rubber)
1808 Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States
Deaths:
1929 Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach
Thought for the day:
" The minute a man is convinced that he is interesting, he isn t. "
