Category: Coffee Break

On this day in history: In 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded after 19 years of imprisonment for her complicity in a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I. In 1910, William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America. And in 1924, the first execution by lethal gas in American history is carried out…

On this day in history: In 1788, Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patented the steamboat. In 1861, Texas voted to secede from the Union. In 1884, the Oxford Dictionary, considered the most comprehensive and accurate dictionary of the English language, is first published. In 1893, Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world’s first motion…

On this day in history: In 1533, England’s King Henry VIII secretly married his second wife Anne Boleyn. Boleyn later gave birth to Elizabeth I. In 1870, G. D. Dows patented the ornamental soda fountain. In 1905, the world’s largest diamond was found in South Africa. And in 1915, in New York, Alexander Graham Bell…

On this day in history: In 1778, English navigator Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands, which he called the “Sandwich Islands.” In 1896, the x-ray machine was exhibited for the first time. And in 1950, the federal tax on oleomargarine was repealed. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false” alt=”Coffee Break”] People Who Drink Coffee Live Longer – It’s…

On this day in history: In 1770, the first shipment of rhubarb was sent to the United States from London. In 1878, in New York, milk was delivered in glass bottles for the first time by Alexander Campbell. And in 1908, Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a national monument. If you have never seen the…

On this day in history: In 1847, Samuel Colt sells his first revolvers to the U.S. government. In 1885, Dr. William Grant performed the first successful appendectomy. The patient was Mary Gartside. In 1962, New York City introduced a train that operated without conductors and motormen. And in 1965, the Fender Guitar Company was sold…