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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Charles Julius Guiteau, Assassin of US President James A. Garfield, Hanged (1882)
At the deadlocked 1880 Republican national convention, Garfield was nominated as a compromise candidate for president, with Chester A. Arthur chosen for vice president to appease the "Stalwart" faction of the party. However, after Garfield became president, he passed over the Stalwarts in his appointments, creating a bitter rivalry. Guiteau, who unreasonably expected to be offered a diplomatic post, shot Garfield and said, "I am a Stalwart and Arthur is president now!"

Gatlinburg, TN, 1938:



Then 1949:

Gatlinburg, TN, 1938:

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew
At an old saloon on a street of mud
There at a table, dealing stud
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue"

Today is the anniversary of the birth, in Badonviller on 26 Jun 1730, of the French astronomer Charles Messier. He is best remembered for his "Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles" ("Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters") showing the locations of many deep sky objects including nebulae, star clusters and galaxies. This came about through his observation and discovery of comets, his interest in which stemmed from the predicted return of Halley’s Comet in 1758/1759. Messier in fact sighted its return on 21 Jan 1759, although this was around a month after the German farmer and amateur astronomer Johann Georg Palitzsch became the first to view the returning comet on 25 Dec 1758. The 9 km x 11 km diameter oval lunar crater Messier (seen on the left in this image) and the nearby 11 km x 13 km Messier A, both located in the central regions of Mare Fecunditatis, are named in his honour.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

US President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (1964)
Proposed by President John F. Kennedy and strengthened and passed under President Johnson, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is widely considered the most important US law on civil rights since Reconstruction. A comprehensive law intended to end discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin, it guarantees equal voting rights and prohibits segregation or discrimination in public places, among other provisions.

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew
At an old saloon on a street of mud
There at a table, dealing stud
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue"

Love that song.

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He is somewhat local to us. I've seen him in Medina, Barberton, Wooster, and elsewhere. 

On This Day with the STA - Oil Discovered
July 3, 1818 – While drilling on the banks of the South Fork of the Cumberland River, workers for the Martin Beatty Salt Works accidentally discovered oil. Andrew Zimmerman and Marcus Huling used a pedal-powered drill to bore into the solid sandstone along the Big South Fork, looking for the most valuable resource of the day- salt brine. They were disappointed when a thick, black goo poured out of the hole. The smelly, sticky substance resembled pitch and was useless to the salt miners. They abandoned the hole and drilled elsewhere in search of the "liquid gold" used to make salt.

According to one account, the men learned that the black substance was flammable. They reportedly named the black substance "Devil's Tar" and told neighbors that they had "drilled into Hell itself." The black goo was used for lighting and for medical purposes for several years. Hundreds of gallons of Beatty Oil found its way to Europe and was used in various medicines there.

The little-known site along the Sheltowee Trace has a legitimate claim as the first commercial well to produce oil in the United States. Still, most historians recognize the Drake Well in Pennsylvania as the first commercial oil well. The Beatty Well site was located near the mouth of a small creek between Cub Branch and Bear Creek. A small sign along the Sheltowee marks the location of the well near the creek that now bears the name Oil Well Branch.