December 19/history

[more] What else happened today
1814 — British inventor Joseph Bramah passed away in Pimlico, at the age of 66. 1850 — Swiss target shooter and Olympic medalist Friedrich Luthi was born in Geneva, Switzerland. 1921 — Tobin Arms Manufacturing Company, Ltd. surrendered its charter to the Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario, Canada. 2009 — D.C. Police detective Michael Baylor brings a gun to a snowball fight.