Thursday, June 11, 2009

Today in History - 11 June

1991 Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0

1975 1st oil pumped from North Sea oilfield

1955 1st magnesium jet airplane flies

1870 1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam

1793 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick

1788 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound

1770 Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia

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