On This Date in Delaware, November 12... 1872 Edwin Forrest, - TopicsExpress



          

On This Date in Delaware, November 12... 1872 Edwin Forrest, the famous actor and 19th Century tragedian, appeared in Hamlet, his last appearance in Wilmington. He died a month later. 1942 Joseph R. Biden, Jr., US Senator and Vice-President, was born in Scranton, Pa. 1962 The Delaware coastline was saved from further disaster when 75 MPH winds as forecasted did not arrive at peak tides. 2012 Burton Brothers, a small-town hardware store in Seaford, in business since 1893, was heavily damaged by fire. It was later totally condemned. Todays facts were compiled by historian Roger Martin archives.delaware.gov/thisday.shtml
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 17:00:00 +0000

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