This continues the "This Day in History" calendar series.
August 9th through history
- 1638 - Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx
- 1673 - Dutch under Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674
- 1910 - A.J. Fisher of Chicago, Illinois received a patent for the electric washing machine.
- 1979 - My youngest daughter was born.
- 2013 - I'm visiting West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h for the first time .
Thanks to KeeganC who gave me the opportunity making a part of this series
and who willl maintain it for me.