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July 23, 2007
Today in History: July 23rd
The following information can be found at: History.com - This Day in History
1903: First Ford model delivered to buyer
The 1929 Ford Model 'A' RoadsterThe first two-cylinder Ford Model A was delivered to its owner, Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago, on this day in 1903. The Model A was the result of a partnership between Henry Ford and Detroit coal merchant Alexander Malcomson. Ford had met Malcomson while working at Edison Illuminating Company: Malcomson sold him coal. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
First Ford model delivered to buyer. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 04:17, Jul 23, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=7523.
Books in the GSU Library about the history of the automobile:
Title: Automobile quarterly’s world of cars / produced by the editors of Automobile quarterly.
Call Number: TL155 .A8
Author: Wherry, Joseph H.
Title: Automobiles of the world : the story of the development of the automobile, with many rare illustrations from a score of nations / Joseph H. Wherry.
Call Number: TL15 .W47
Author: Rae, John Bell, 1911-
Title: The American automobile : a brief history / by John B. Rae.
Call Number: HD9710.U52 R29
1918: A string of mysterious deaths surrounds a Nebraska woman
Della Sorenson kills the first of her seven victims in rural Nebraska by poisoning her sister-in-law's infant daughter, Viola Cooper. Over the next seven years, friends, relatives, and acquaintances of Sorenson repeatedly died under mysterious circumstances before anyone finally realized that it had to be more than a coincidence. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
A string of mysterious deaths surrounds a Nebraska woman. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 04:21, Jul 23, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1076.
Books in the GSU Library about serial killers:
Author: Ramsland, Katherine M., 1953-
Title: Inside the minds of mass murderers : why they kill / Katherine Ramsland.
Call Number: HV6515 .R2532005
Author: McLaren, Angus.
Title: A prescription for murder : the Victorian serial killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream / Angus McLaren.
Call Number: HV6535.G6 L65641993
Author: Hickey, Eric W.
Title: Serial murderers and their victims / Eric W. Hickey.
Call Number: HV6529 .H531997
1967: The 12th Street riot
In the early morning hours of July 23, 1967, one of the worst riots in U.S. history breaks out on 12th Street in the heart of Detroit's predominantly African-American inner city. By the time it was quelled four days later by 7,000 National Guard and U.S. Army troops, 43 people were dead, 342 injured, and nearly 1,400 buildings had been burned. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
The 12th Street riot. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 04:40, Jul 23, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6967.
Books in the GSU Library on the Detroit riots:
Author: Fine, Sidney, 1920-
Title: Violence in the model city : the Cavanagh administration, race relations, and the Detroit riot of 1967 / Sidney Fine.
Call Number: F574.D49 N43941989
Author: Gordon, Leonard.
Title: A city in racial crisis; the case of Detroit pre- and post- the 1967 riot.
Call Number: F574.D4 G66
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Posted by d-nadler at July 23, 2007 03:06 PM