Wolverine Lake, MI
Joined August 2010
On this day in history — October 27, 1904: New York’s Interborough Rapid Transit subway opened with 28 stations along a 9.1-mile line. Credit: New York Transit Museum. mta.info/subwayday #STEMWire (stem.news) 🛰️
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On this day in history — October 26, 1958: Pan American World Airways began Boeing 707 service from New York to Paris, opening the first U.S. airline jet service. Credit: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. #STEMWire (stem.news) 🛰️
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On this day in history — October 25, 1906: Inventor Lee de Forest filed a patent application for a vacuum-tube device to amplify weak electrical currents. Credit: U.S. Patent 841,387. #STEMWire (stem.news) 🛰️
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On this day in history — October 24, 1836: Inventor Alonzo D. Phillips patented improvements to friction-match manufacture and packaging designed to reduce accidental ignition. Credit: U.S. Patent 68. #STEMWire (stem.news) 🛰️
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