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Edwin Drake
1880Nov, 9

Edwin Drake

Edwin Drake, American businessman (b. 1819)
Edwin Laurentine Drake (March 29, 1819 – November 9, 1880), also known as Colonel Drake, was an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil.

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    In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
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    Ned Kelly

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    Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.