170 YEARS AGO, Frederick Douglas, born a slave in 1818, escaped bondage in Baltimore September 3, 1838. dressed as a seaman and carrying borrowed free papers from a sailor, Douglas got on a north-bound train and convinces the conductor the papers were legit. He gets to NY City the next day and marries Anna Murray, his free fiancee.
he recounted his slavery experience and pushes abolition.
50 YEARS AGO, Texas Instruments engineer Jack Kilby demonstrates the first microchip on September 12, 1958. This made complex circuits and modern electronics. Kilby won a Nobel Prize in 2000.
All of These Were Important Events in the History of the World. --Da Coot
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