Monday, February 5, 2018

ON THIS DAY:

ON THIS DATE:




1817 1st US gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
1825 Hannah Lord Montague of NY creates 1st detachable shirt collar
1846 "Oregon Spectator" is 1st newspaper to be published on the West Coast
1850 Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, NY
1861 Louisiana delegation except Mr Bouligny withdraws from Congress (US Civil War)
1864 Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi
1865 Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill)
1869 World's largest alluvial gold nugget, the Welcome Stranger, found by John Deason and Richard Oates (weighting 97.14kg) in Moliagul, Australia
1870 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia
1879 Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow
1881 Phoenix, Arizona incorporates
1887 Snow falls on San Francisco.
1897 1st showing of a motion picture in Hawaii at the Hawaiian Opera House
1900 The United States and the United Kingdom sign treaty for Panama Canal
1901 Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescott.
1922 Reader's Digest magazine 1st published

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