Fulton s Folly Ends First Steamship Voyage
Today in History notes key events on August 17 including Robert Fulton s paddlewheel steamer the Claremont arriving in New York on a voyage to Albany and back marking the first practical American steamboat and other past milestones such as Davy Crockett s birth in 1786 and major wartime or scientific milestones across years.
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Claremont
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Albany
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Davey Crockett
Germany
Britain
Wendell Willkie
Elwood
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Europe
Sicily
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa
National Science Foundation
Okinawa
Reformatory Escapers Caught in Kansas City
Two youths who escaped from a Nebraska reformatory were captured in Kansas City after fleeing in a stolen car and running a stop sign. Police identified them as Alan Dale Coleman aged 18 from Omaha and Roland Duane Long aged 19 from Waco Nebraska. They fled via a truck on the first leg of their escape and were caught in a vehicle stolen Saturday night at Avoca Nebraska.
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Nebraska Reformatory
Alan Dale Coleman
Omaha
Roland Duane Long
Waco
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Avoca
Garnand's Grains of Sand Lesson in a Limping Sheep
A traveler in Palestine watches a deaf, old sheep walk close to its shepherd for guidance after the shepherd once injured its leg to save it. The tale, told by Daldra Garagn, draws a Christian lesson about staying near the Shepherd despite affliction and fading pride.
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Palestine
Palestinian
Daldra Garagn
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