During a meeting today with the New Orleans City Council’s Recovery Committee, Colonel Sinkler of the Corps of Engineers said the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board (S&WB) will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the proposed permanent pump stations at the three outfall canals. The annual cost [...]
1826 – John Walker invents friction match in England.
1868 – Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River – United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
1895 – At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting [...]
