First Photo of Orion Nebula

Wolverine Chair and Furniture Company (left) where the first use of hydroelectric power in the United States

The American’s Brewers Association has the Sebewaing Brewing Company with various names starting as early as 1875 under the name of Sophia Braendle.  Many labels of beer produced establish the start date of 1880.  The first label to print this is Old Style from 1934.  It appeared several more times on Stock Ale, Sport (brown label), Old Style (Lion Head), and all of the versions of the Sebewaing labels including bock.  Surprisingly, it did not appear on the other popular labels of Sport (yellow label), Golden Pheasant, Club, and Pride of Michigan.

For the printed established date of 1880, here are some famous events that occurred that same year.

Enjoy!

Jan 1st – Building of Panama Canal, begins
Jan 27th – Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
Mar 23rd – Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisc)
Mar 31st – 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN)
May 18th – 6th Kentucky Derby: George Lewis aboard Fonso wins in 2:37.5
Jun 1st – 1st pay telephone installed
Jun 1st – US census at 50,155,783
Jun 16th – Salvation Army forms in London
Jul 16th – Dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada.
Jul 21st – Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY
Jul 23rd – 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Aug 2nd – British Parliament officially adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Sep 30th – Henry Draper takes that 1st photograph of Orion Nebula
Oct 4th – University of California founded in Los Angeles
Nov 2nd – James A Garfield (R) elected 20th US President
Dec 20th – NY’s Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as “Great White Way”