This Day in History Oct. 7

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Oct. 7

1691 The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued
1816 1st double decked steamboat, the Washington, arrived in New Orleans
1826 The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
1919 KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name

Birthdays:

1728 Caesar Rodney Delaware, patriot, signed Declaration of Independence

Deaths:

1849 Edgar Allen Poe, American author, poet, and critic
1950 Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer best known for inventing modern air conditioning
1956 Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye

Thought for the day:

" If you continually give you will continually have. "
 

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