blue water massey
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Jan. 23
1849 Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor
1849 Patent granted for an envelope-making machine
1909 RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline
1957 American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee"
1964 The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, is ratified
Birthdays:
1730 Joseph Hewes US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)
1737 John Hancock, American general and politician (Declaration of Independence signer)
1855 John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company
Deaths:
1803 Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, founded Guinness
Thought for the day:
" Beware the man who can't be bothered with details. "
1849 Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor
1849 Patent granted for an envelope-making machine
1909 RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline
1957 American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee"
1964 The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, is ratified
Birthdays:
1730 Joseph Hewes US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)
1737 John Hancock, American general and politician (Declaration of Independence signer)
1855 John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company
Deaths:
1803 Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, founded Guinness
Thought for the day:
" Beware the man who can't be bothered with details. "