On This Day – First Model T built

ON THIS DAY - August 12th:

1492 - Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World
1877 - Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device

1908 - Henry Ford's company builds the first Model T car
1955 - President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1910 - Jane Wyatt, Mahwah, New Jersey, American actress (Father Knows Best, Star Trek), (d. 2006)
1929 - Buck Owens, [Alvis Edgar], Sherman Texas, country singer (Hee Haw)
1971 - Pete Sampras, Washington, D.C., tennis champ (14 grand slam titles)

GOODBYE TO:

30 BC - Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide allegedly by inducing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her
1982 - Henry Fonda, actor (On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77
2007 - Merv Griffin, American television host and game show creator (b. 1925)
2009 - Les Paul, American musician (b. 1915)
2014 - Lauren Bacall, American actress (Key Largo), dies of a stroke at 89

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