Friday, February 10, 2012

Today in History - February 10

On this day in 1763, the 1763 Treaty of Paris ceded Quebec to the British.

On this day in 1840, Queen Victoria of England married Prince Albert of Saxony.

On this day in 1863, the fire extinguisher was first patented.

On this day in 1923, Texas Tech University was founded in Lubbock.

And, in Chuckery, Ohio in 1899, Chuckery grocer Walter Bigelow has received a load of Milwaukee binders and mowers.

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