This Day in History Sept. 15

blue water massey · Sep 14, 2016

Sept. 15

1789 Dept of Foreign Affairs, renamed the Dept of State
1831 The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad
1904 Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight
1916 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France
1981 The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.

Birthdays:

1857 William Howard Taft Cin, (R) 27th pres (1909-13), chief justice
1881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti Milan, race car builder (Amaz Bugattis)
1901 Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge

Deaths:

1830 1st to be run-over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England)
1859 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway
1978 Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and academic, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109

Thought for the day:

" Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate. "

Ultradog MN · Sep 15, 2016

Sept 15 1944 the US Marines land on Pelileu.
E.B. Sledge was there and many years later writes his classic account "With The Old Breed" of the battles fought there and later on Okinawa. If you have never read that book I suggest you pick it up sometime. For a good synopsis of Sledge's book, follow the link below.
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This Day in History Sept. 15

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