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June 6th, 1932 – Gasoline Sales Taxed for the First Time In 1932, the Revenue Act marked the first time gasoline sales were taxed in the United States. In 1919, Oregon became the first state to tax ga
Read more →June 28th, 1967 – Smithsonian Museum and The Hall of Petroleum In 1967, a new attraction opened at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of History and Technology. The Hall of Petroleum originally incl
Read more →June 20th, 1977 – Trans-Alaska Pipeline is Finally Complete Following three years of construction, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline started carrying oil on June 20th, 1977. The pipeline serviced nearly 800
Read more →June 12th, 1879 – The Father of Allegany Oil Drills First New York Well In 1879, Orville P. Taylor set out on a mission to prove that there was oil beneath the surface of Allegany County, New York. Th
Read more →May 8th, 1918 – Fort Worth Panthers Take on the Shreveport Gassers In Record-Setting Game The oil industry and America’s favorite past time joined forces in the early 1900s with a 96 team baseball le
Read more →May 16th, 1934 – Stripper Well Association Established In 1934, the National Stripper Well Association was established in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The purpose of the organization was to protect and promote th
Read more →November 28, 1892 — First Oilfield West Of Mississippi is Discovered The original Norman No. 1 well was abandoned after it stopped producing, but a replica was built on its site in the 1960s to mark t
Read more →December 20, 1913 – Cosden Opens New Refinery In Tulsa The Cosden Building, now known as the Mid-Continent Building, was Tulsa, Oklahoma’s first skyscraper. It is listed on the National Register of Hi
Read more →One survey by GoBankingRates found that 29 percent of Americans believe they’ll become a millionaire. With a little bit of know-how, a good enough idea and a little luck, any of us could end up being
Read more →Back in 2012, Steve Lohr writing for the New York Times did average folks a favor and introduced us to “Big Data.” Yes, analysts, data scientists and the people in Silicon Valley had already heard of
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