Texaco was formed.
Originally named “The Texas Company,” it started from the Fee Oil Well No. 3 in Sour Lake, Texas.
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Englishman John Walker invented modern-day wooden matches that create a flame through friction.
Car engineer Henry Ford died at the age of 83.
The Territory of Mississippi was formally organized.
US forces circled the city of Baghdad, which led to the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime two days later.
New York and New Jersey were struck by the strongest earthquake in over one hundred years.
