The History Daily - An Entertaining Look Back www.historydaily.com By Trevor Smith and Charles Smith
September 10, 2004 on this day: In 1846 Elias Howe received a patent on the first sewing machine. Howe was an amateur machinist who had worked in textile mills as a young man. The machine that he invented worked well, but Howe did not market his machine properly and it did not initially sell well. Within a few years of its invention a number of manufacturers began to successfully sell machines based on Howe's design. This prompted Howe to initiate a series of lawsuits. One of these manufacturers was Isaac Singer. Howe eventually won in court and became wealthy from the royalties he received from sewing machine sales. Premium Subscribers read more! If you had the Premium Version you would read some interesting information about John Smith and Jamestown. You would also read about the first "TV Dinner" and more! Upgrade today at http://www.historydaily.com/premium.html . Also on this day: In 1776, during the American Revolution, Nathan Hale volunteered to spy for America. He was later captured and hanged by the British. In 1977 France used the guillotine for the final time. The condemned prisoner was Hamida Djandoubi, a convicted murder. YESTERDAY'S QUESTION AND ANSWER: What was Elvis Presley's home town? It was Tupelo, Mississippi. Anthony Traviston sent the correct answer first. TODAY'S QUESTION: How old was Nathan Hale when he was captured by the British? Send your answer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Copyright 2004 Trevor Smith --- You are currently subscribed to historydaily2 as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe click on the link below: http://go.netatlantic.com:8080/cgi-bin/unsubscribe.pl?id=32085219I ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/BCfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> <a href=http://English-12948197573.SpamPoison.com>Fight Spam! Click Here!</a> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumpulan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
