By lbock on November 6, 2012.
His invention improved Edison’s electric light bulb, and he executed the patent drawing for Bell’s telephone. Get to know this creative genius!
With his mind frequently in motion as a child, Lewis Howard Latimer born in 1848 in Chelsea, Massachusetts loved drawing at an early age and found himself doodling no matter where he would be. Little did he know these pastimes would evolve into a career as a noted draftsman and inventor, and result in him collaborating with two of the most famous innovators of his era.
Lewis, the fourth child of George and Rebecca Latimer, was reared in Boston. His father, an ex-slave, had fled to Boston from a Virginia plantation to escape slavery, and was later granted his freedom before Lewis was born. Shortly after the Civil War broke out, young Lewis at age 16 enlisted in the Union Navy, eager be one of many black soldiers and sailors fighting on the Union side, and emboldened by the hope it brou
‘Chill, I’m just intoxicated:’ Florida DUI suspect says after hitting, killing pedestrian, police say
Data shows vehicle was between 108, 117 mph before crash
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Davie police said 27-year-old Pedro Moss was intoxicated while driving a BMW X2 when he hit and killed a man in January. (WPLG)
DAVIE, Fla. – A drunk driver accused of killing a father of four appeared in court on Monday to face multiple charges following a hit-and-run in Davie last January.
Davie Police department said they responded to the scene near the intersection of State Road 7 and Griffin road after a crash on Monday, Jan. 18, just before midnight in which a car hit a pedestrian, according to News 6 partner WPLG.
At 21 years old, local musician Quinn Hogan has over 33,500 followers on the video social media platform TikTok and is preparing to step into the professional music industry, but he can still remember the first time he heard music that inspired him. Green Day’s “American Idiot,” in all its gelled tips and smeared eyeliner glory of the early 2000s rock world, was the first record that gave little Hogan in elementary school hope of a society better suited for him.
Surveillance video shows the crash that killed Joseph Nichols last week in Broward County. His grieving relatives said the 45-year-old father of four was about to become the grandfather.