1975
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
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Italian Explorer Christopher Columbus
(born between 25 August and 31 October 1451,
died 20 May 1506)
ACADEMY OPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1845
The United States Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Maryland,
with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors. Known as the
Naval School until 1850, the curriculum included mathematics and navigation, gunnery and steam, chemistry, English, French along
with natural philosophy.
The Naval School officially became the U.S. Naval Academy in 1850,
and a new curriculum went into effect, requiring midshipmen to
study at the academy for four years and to train aboard ships each
summer—the basic format that remains at the academy to this day.
“THE HAT IS PART OF THE MAN” IN 1949
Stetson is a brand of hat manufactured by the John B. Stetson
Company.
Stetson‘s inspiration for his most famous hats was gained when
headed west from his native New Jersey for health reasons. On
his return east in 1865 he founded the John B. Stetson Company
in Philadelphia and created a hat that has become symbolic of
the pioneering American West, the “Boss of the Plains”. This
Western hat would become the cornerstone of Stetson’s hat
business and is still in production today.
John Batterson Stetson
(May 5, 1830 – February 18, 1906)
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