August 12
1851 Isaac Singer was granted a patent on his sewing machine.
1881 Cecil B DeMille, American motion picture producer and director was born.
1977 The space shuttle Enterprise passed its solo flight by taking off atop a Boeing 747, separating and then landing in the Mojave Desert.
1981 The IBM Personal Computer was released.
August 13
1521 Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured present-day Mexico City from the Aztecs.
1860 Annie Oakley, American marks woman; starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, was born.
1899 Movie director Alfred Hitchcock was born in London, England.
1960 The first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo I, a balloon satellite.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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