This date in history

Today in history:

1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.

1871 – birth of Theodore Dreiser, American author who changed the shape of American literature

1874 – birth of Carl Bosch, German chemist, Nobel laureate

1883 – Krakatoa exploded, one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history

1890 – birth of Man Ray, American photographer and artist

1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

1908 – birth of LBJ, American president

1939 – First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft.

1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.

2007 – Michael Vick, american football player, pleads guilty to dog fighting

2012 – YOU start your first day of classes at Saint Louis University for the 2012-2013 school year. WELCOME BACK BILLIKENS!

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