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This Day in
Delaware History May 15, 2008
1773 George Washington of Virginia "Dined at Newcastle and lodg'd at
Wilmington...." on his way to enroll his stepson John Parke Custis in King's
College (Columbia University).
1891 Responding to the 2nd Morrill Land Grant College Act, the Delaware General
Assembly chartered the Delaware State College for Colored Students (Delaware
State University, Dover). Professor Wesley P. Webb, a white man, became the
institution's first president.
1940 The Du Pont Company chose to launch the sale of nylon stockings to the
nation and sold nearly 4 million pairs in 4 days.
1946 The Black Cat Tea Room on 10 1/2 acres, a well-known eating establishment
and amusement center near the Rtes. 40/13 split near New Castle, was sold. |