blue water massey
Well-known Member
Dec. 20
1661 Corporation Act enforced in England
1790 1st successful US cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket RI)
1803 The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans
1860 South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States
1892 Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse NY
1967 A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155 mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor
Birthdays:
1868 Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Deaths:
1812 Sacagawea, American explorer
1971 Roy O. Disney, American banker and businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company
Thought for the day:
" To criticize the incompetent is easy; it is more difficult, to criticize the competent. "
1661 Corporation Act enforced in England
1790 1st successful US cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket RI)
1803 The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans
1860 South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States
1892 Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse NY
1967 A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155 mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor
Birthdays:
1868 Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Deaths:
1812 Sacagawea, American explorer
1971 Roy O. Disney, American banker and businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company
Thought for the day:
" To criticize the incompetent is easy; it is more difficult, to criticize the competent. "
