Today in Entrepreneurial History: February 14

By Dane Carlson on February 14, 2013 in History

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• 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
• 1852 – Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital providing in-patient beds specifically for children in the English-speaking world, is founded in London.
• 1855 – Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
• 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• 1899 – Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• 1924 – The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).

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Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,198 posts to the site.

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