Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday. September 11, 1985: The International Cometary Explorer flies through the tail of Comet Giacobini-Zinner, the first spacecraft

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday Eve. September 10, 1846: Elias Howe is granted a US patent for the lockstitch sewing machine, mechanizing

Dear Friends, Tangents: September 9, 490 BC: Battle of Marathon. September 9, 1947: Engineers find a moth jammed in a Harvard Mark II

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Tuesday. September 8, 1664 The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York.

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday. September 4, 1781: City of Los Angels founded. September 4, 1888: George Eastman received a patent for his

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday Eve. September 3, 1783: Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution. September 3, 1838: Frederick Douglass embarks on