CoM Moderators Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 1891 - Electric self-starter for automobile patented1918 - Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,0001926 - Greek-Serbian, Croatian and Slavs peace treaty signed1936 - An unemployed worker, Neils B. Ruud, in Madison, Wisconsin, receives the first unemployment benefit check paid under a State law, for $151948 - Phillies commit 8 errors in a baseball game for the 2nd time1948 - Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent1985 - 1,400 meatpackers walk off the job at a Geo A Hormel and Co plant1986 - Bronze pig statue unveiled at Pike Place Market, Seattle2008 - Canadian Open Women's Golf, Ottawa Hunt GC: Australian Katherine Hull wins by 1 from Se Ri Pak2013 - 15 civilians are killed by a Syrian warplane attack in Aleppo More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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