On this day in history: In 1907, Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state. In 1915, Coca-Cola had its prototype for a countoured bottle patented. The bottle made its commercial debut the next year. And in 1952, in the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy first held a football for Charlie Brown. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false” alt=”Coffee Break”] 11…
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Coffee Break – 11.09.2015
On this day in history: In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt left for Panama to see the progress on the new canal. It was the first foreign trip by a U.S. president. In 1961, Major Robert White flew an X-15 rocket plane at a world record speed of 4,093 mph. And in 1982, Sugar Ray Leonard…
Coffee Break – 11.02.2015
On this day in history: In 1721, Peter the Great (Peter I), ruler of Russia, changed his title to emperor. In 1895, in Chicago, IL, the first gasoline powered car contest took place in America. In 1947, the Hughes Flying Boat, also known as the Spruce Goose, and the largest aircraft ever built, is piloted…
Coffee Break – 10.26.2015
On this day in history: In 1825, the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York. The 363-mile canal connected Lake Erie and the Hudson River at a cost of $7,602,000. In 1854, Charles William Post was born. He was the inventor of “Grape Nuts,” “Postum” and “Post Toasties.” Yum! And in 1881, the “Gunfight at…
Coffee Break – 10.19.2015
On this day in history: In 1781, British General Charles Lord Cornwallis surrendered to U.S. General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia. It was to be the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. In 1914, U.S. government owned vehicles were first used to pick up mail in Washington, DC. And in 1985, the first…
Coffee Break – 10.12.2015
On this day in history: In 1492, Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, sighted Watling Island in the Bahamas. He believed that he had found Asia while attempting to find a Western ocean route to India. The same day he claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain. In 1870, General Robert E. Lee, the…