1979 – Anonymous Sardinian kidnaps De André and Ghezzi © WikipediaIt happened today1859 – The oil age begins. (164 years ago): In the fields of Pennsylvania, exactly in Titusville, the first jet of “black gold” was seen rising into the sky. tubes, that is, with the help of an empty tube inside, through which a liquid passed, pushed up by pressure. It was invented by Edwin Laurentin Drake, who quickly turned from a former steamboat conductor into the role of a billionaire businessman. An ocean crowd honors swimmer Gertlude Ederle in New York, who became the first woman to swim across the English Channel on August 6.

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