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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Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted, devastating Naples in the process.
The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
France initiated the War of the League of Cambrai against Venice.
Booker T. Washington became the first Black person pictured on a US postage stamp.
Englishman John Walker invented modern-day wooden matches that create a flame through friction.
