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1748 Joseph Bramah was born. An English engineer, among his many inventions was a beer engine, used to deliver beer from keg to glass without artificial carbonation being added.

1796 The first elephant to be brought to the U.S. arrived from Bengal, India. It was exhibited in New York, and its diet was described as: "thirty pounds of rice besides hay and straw.... all kinds of wine and spiritous liquors....and every kind of vegetable; it will also draw a cork from a bottle in its trunk."

1860 The first Pony Express mail delivery service by horse and rider between St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California was completed. The 1,800 mile run took 10 days.

1883 Alfred Packer was convicted of cannibalism in Colorado. He was sentenced to death, but was retried in 1886 and sentenced to 40 years. He was paroled in 1901, and died in 1907.

1902 Baron Philippe de Rothschild was born. (Wine producer).

1909 Mervyn Hugh Cowie was born. Cowie was a British wildlife conservationist, founder and director of Kenya's Royal National Parks.

1916 Funk Brothers Seed Company sold the first U.S. shipment of hybrid seed corn to Samuel Ramsay of Jacobsburg, Ohio. Todayinsci.com

1917 James Buchanan ('Diamond Jim') Brady died. An American financier and philanthropist, Diamond Jim was known for his diamond jewelry and his huge appetite.

1944 Jack Casady of the music group 'Hot Tuna' was born.

1976 The $2 bill is reintroduced by the U.S. Treasury.

 

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