This day in history for July 13th;
1568 -- Dean of St Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer.
1787 -- Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)
1812 -- The first pawnbroking ordinance was passed in New York City.
1832 -- Henry Schoolcraft discovered the source of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.
1835 -- John Ruggles received patent #1 from the U.S. Patent Office for a traction wheel used in locomotive steam engines. All 9,957 previous patents were not numbered.
1865 -- Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man".
1865 -- PT Barnum's museum burns down
1868 -- Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana
1875 -- David Brown patented the first cash-carrier system.
1898 -- Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
1908 -- 4th modern Olympic games opens in London
1930 -- Sarnoff reports in NY Times "TV would be a theater in every home"
1960 -- Democratic Natl convention nominates Sen John F Kennedy for president
1977 -- NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
1978 -- Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II
1982 -- The All-Star Game was played outside the United States for the first time. They played in Montreal, Canada
1985 -- Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Phila, Moscow & Sydney
1987 -- Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials.
1998 -- "Image of an Assassination" went on sale. The video documentary is of Abraham Zapruder's home video of U.S. President Kennedy's assassination in Dallas.
1998 -- Four young cousins in Gallup, NM, died after becoming trapped in a car trunk.
I hope everyone enjoys this day in history!!
MsPriss *PrissieHuggzz* :)
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