| 1816 | |
The previous year, Mt. Tambora erupted producing so much ash and gas the sunlight was blocked from warming the earth causing the "Year Without Summer".USGS |
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| 1852 | | 16 Feb:
Henry and Clement Studebaker found a blacksmith and wagon building business, the company that will eventually produce that famous car.MotorTrend SILib |
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| 1862 | | 4 Nov:
Dr. Richard Gatling patents the machine gun ushering in the age of high powered weaponry.IN GooglePatents |
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| 1866 | |
| 1868 | | 22 May:
The Reno brothers pull of the "Great Train Robbery."LoA IN |
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| 1909 | | 19 Aug:
The first automobile race is held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.IMS FSS |
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| 1911 | | 30 May:
The first Indianapolis 500 is run.AH IN |
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| 1913 | | 31 Oct:
The first transcontinental highway, the Lincoln Highway, is dedicated.DOT ILH |
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| 1954 | | 25 Mar:
Production of RCA's first commercial color television set begins.W I R E D TVTech |
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| 1958 | | 9 Dec:
The right-wing John Birch Society is founded.History.com |
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| 1978 | | 18 Nov:
Members of the People's Temple commit murder and more than 900 die by mass suicide in the jungle of Guyana.SDSU WRSP |
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