1902
Dr. Willis Carrier installed a commercial air conditioning system at a Brooklyn, New York printing plant
The system was the first to provide man-made control over temperature, humidity, ventilation and air quality.
Carrier’s invention was used primarily to cool machines, not people. The development of the centrifugal chiller by Carrier in the early 1920’s led to comfort cooling for movie theaters, and, before long, air conditioning became an American standard!
1955
Disneyland opened the gates to The Happiest Place on Earth in Anaheim, California
In the first year of operation, some four million people visited Main Street USA, Fantasyland, Frontierland and Tomorrowland
1996
TWA flight 800 exploded off the coast of Long Island, New York
The Boeing 747 had lifted off from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport at 8:19 p.m. bound for Paris, France carrying 230 people, including four cockpit crew members and 14 flight attendants.
The explosion happened about 12 minutes after takeoff
It concluded that the crash was caused by electrical arcing in the plane’s center fuel tank igniting fuel vapors.
1997
After 117 years, the F. W. Woolworth Company closed its last 400 stores
Woolworth’s was a pioneer in the five-and-dime retail industry
2000
Tim McGraw released My Next Thirty Years
The song, written by Phil Vassar, eventually went to #1 on the country charts
and then lastly…
Happy 39th birthday to Luke Bryan!
Thomas Luther “Luke” Bryan was born on July 17, 1976 in Leesburg, Georgia
-Tyler Jackson
