1727 Czar Peter the Great asserted the “Table of Rank” according to which a commoner could climb by service and merit to the highest positions, likewise the might could fall. The commoner probably did not know that this had been done and might opposed it. A biography of Great Peter is discussed elsewhere on this blog. Seek it out for enlightenment.
1848 James W. Marshall discovered gold on the property of Johann Sutter in California. Marshall was overseeing construction of a sawmill on the American River. The 1849 Gold Rush brought 300,000 in a few months, followed by Levi jeans, California statehood, and the gold that financed the North during the Civil War. Joe Montana came later.
1908 Robert Baden-Powell published “Scouting for Boys” as a manual for self-instruction in outdoor skills and self-improvement. It inspired the Boy Scout movement.
1935 Canned beer was born. In partnership with the American Can Company, the Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of Krueger’s Finest Beer and Krueger’s Cream Ale to faithful Krueger drinkers in Richmond, Virginia. While it sold well there was much resistance from the supply chain to such a change.
1984 Apple Computer Inc launched its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer with a mouse.
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