blue water massey
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Jan. 9
1799 Income Tax introduced in UK
1788 Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States
1793 Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the 1st person to fly in a balloon in the US
1909 Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time
Birthdays:
1870 Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge
1893 Edwin Baker, Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind
1913 Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States
Deaths:
1858 Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President and the last President of the Republic of Texas
1918 Charles-?mile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope
Thought for the day:
" Someone is speaking well of you. "
1799 Income Tax introduced in UK
1788 Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States
1793 Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the 1st person to fly in a balloon in the US
1909 Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time
Birthdays:
1870 Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge
1893 Edwin Baker, Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind
1913 Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States
Deaths:
1858 Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President and the last President of the Republic of Texas
1918 Charles-?mile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope
Thought for the day:
" Someone is speaking well of you. "