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This Month in Business History

2 June 2008 at 8:00 am Peter G. Klein Leave a comment

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Business history highlights for June, courtesy of Friends of Business History News:

June 1, 1495 — Friar John Cor records the first known batch of Scotch whiskey in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland.
June 4, 1896 — Henry Ford drives his first automobile through Detroit streets.
June 9, 1790 — The Philadelphia Spelling Book becomes the first work registered under the federal copyright act (U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania).
June 15, 1851 — Jacob Fussell of Baltimore, Maryland sets up first ice cream factory.
June 26, 1848 — The first U.S. pure food law is enacted, banning the importation of adulterated drugs.
June 30, 1893 — The blue-white Excelsior diamond (995 metric carats) is discovered at the De Beers mine in Jagersfontein, South Africa. Until the discovery of the Cullinan in 1905, it was the world’s largest known uncut diamond.

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