Timeline 1864-1866 Return to algis.com
1864 Jan 10, George Washington Carver (d.1943), American botanist and a former slave who became a scientist and inventor, gave the world peanut butter, was born. "Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."
(AP, 9/20/98)(HN, 1/10/99)
1864 Jan 11, H. George Selfridge, founder of the British store Selfridge and Co., Ltd., was born. He was the first to say "the customer is always right."
(HN, 1/11/99)
1864 Jan 11, Charing Cross Station opened in London.
(MC, 1/11/02)
1864 Jan 13, Wilhelm K.W. Wien, German physicist (Nobel 1911), was born.
(MC, 1/13/02)
1864 Jan 13, Composer Stephen Foster (37), composer and American song writer, died in a New York City hospital. Ken Emerson later authored his biography.
(HFA, '96, p.22)(AHD, p. 519)(AP, 1/13/98)(SFC, 4/23/01, p.E4) 1864 Jan 14, Confederate President Jefferson Davis wrote to General Johnson, observing that troops might need to be sent to Alabama or Mississippi. (HN, 1/14/99) | |
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