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On Deck for July 16, 2023

National Days
Corn Fritters Day
National Personal Chef Day
World Snake Day
National Ice Cream Day

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July 15th Celebrated History

1879

Horace Wyman and George Crompton received U.S. patent No. 217,589 for a loom used for weaving patterns for Turkish towels. This kind of loom became known as a dobby loom. Before the dobby loom, weavers hired young boys called draw boys or dobby’s for short to pull the draw threads creating the weft and pattern of the weave. Dobby the house-elf would be so proud.

1933

Wiley Post departs from Floyd Bennett Field in New York in an attempt to fly around the world a second time – this time solo.

1959

Members of the United Steelworkers of America labor union begin a 116-day strike that led the United States to import foreign steel for the first time.

2006

Twitter is launched.

July 15th Celebrated Birthdays

Clement Clarke Moore – 1779

Often given credit for the poem A Visit from St. Nicolas, Clement Clarke Moore was a poet, author, and professor at General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Generations of families know the Christmastime poem “A Visit from St. Nicolas” by heart.

Maggie L. Walker – 1867

As a business and community leader, Maggie L. Walker became the first African American woman to found a bank in the United States.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell – 1943

As a student at Cambridge, the British astronomer discovered the first of four pulsars. The signals, or pulses, had never been identified before.

Adam Savage – 1967

The American television host is known for his role in the popular scientific series Mythbusters and Unchained Reaction.

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