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This Day in History

This Day in History
  • First Successful Trial Run of a Steamboat (1787)
    John Fitch was a man plagued by misfortune. His first foundry was a failure and his second was destroyed in the American Revolution. During a short-lived career as a surveyor in the early 1780s, he was captured by Native Americans. His luck finally seemed to turn around in 1786, when he built the first steamboat in the US, and in 1787, when he demonstrated his aptly named Perseverance on the Delaware River for an audience from the Constitutional Convention. Was his good fortune to last?

Word of the Day

Word of the Day
  • eschew
    Definition: (verb) Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of. Synonyms: shun. Usage: Unlike many Hollywood starlets, she eschews publicity and does her best to avoid being photographed in public.

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