Businessmen Edwin Drake

Edwin Drake

Living place: New York

Birthday: 29-3-1819

Global rank: #65252

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Who is Businessmen Edwin Drake?
The first to drill for oil in the United States. He also established an oil refinery in Pittsburgh.
He was hired by Seneca Oil to consider the possibility of finding oil fields in Pennsylvania. During this transfer, he not only found oil, but also developed a revolutionary drilling for it.

Young / Before famous

He grew up on farms in New York State and Vermont and began working for a Connecticut railroad in his late teens.

Family life info

He was married twice: to Philena Adams, who died in childbirth in 1854, and Laura Dowd

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Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Businessmen Edwin Drake là ai?
He and Armand Hammer were both famously involved in the petroleum business.

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When was Businessmen Edwin Drake born?
Edwin Drake was born in 29-3-1819, death year is , at the age of 205.
Where is Businessmen Edwin Drake's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Edwin Drake was born in New York, . Là Businessmen, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Edwin Drake's global rank is 65252 and whose rank is 887 in list of famous Businessmen.
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Events in 1819 and 29-3

Birthday Edwin Drake (29-3) in history

  • Day 29-3 year 1848: For the first time in recorded history, Niagara Falls stopped flowing. An ice jam in the Niagara River above the rim of the falls caused the water to stop.
  • Day 29-3 year 1867: The North America Act was passed by the British parliament, creating the dominion of Canada.
  • Day 29-3 year 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of passing atomic secrets to the Russians and were sentenced to death.
  • Day 29-3 year 1971: Lt. William Calley was convicted of murdering 22 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre.
  • Day 29-3 year 1973: The last U.S. troops left South Vietnam.
  • Day 29-3 year 1999: The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 for the first time, at 10,006.78.
  • Day 29-3 year 2002: Israel declared Yasir Arafat an enemy.
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