blue water massey
Well-known Member
Aug. 13
1831 Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia
1918 Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany
1961 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany
Birthdays:
1655 Johann Christoph Denner inventor (clarinet)
1860 Annie Oakley Drake Ohio, frontierswoman (Buffalo Bill's Wild West)
1888 John Logie Baird Scotland, inventor (father of TV)
1902 Felix Wankel Germany, inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine)
Deaths:
1826 Ren? Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope
1971 W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited
1991 Jack Ryan inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65
Thought for the day :
" Some men are discovered; others are found out. "
1831 Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia
1918 Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany
1961 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany
Birthdays:
1655 Johann Christoph Denner inventor (clarinet)
1860 Annie Oakley Drake Ohio, frontierswoman (Buffalo Bill's Wild West)
1888 John Logie Baird Scotland, inventor (father of TV)
1902 Felix Wankel Germany, inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine)
Deaths:
1826 Ren? Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope
1971 W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited
1991 Jack Ryan inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65
Thought for the day :
" Some men are discovered; others are found out. "