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On August 28, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake made the first successful use of a drilling rig on a well drilled especially to produce oil, at a site on Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania.

* August 27 – Edwin Drake drills the first oil well in the United States, near Titusville, Pennsylvania, starting the Pennsylvanian oil rush.

George Bissell, a Yale University Chemistry professor, and Edwin L. Drake, a former railroad conductor, made the first successful use of a drilling rig on August 28, 1859 near Titusville, Pennsylvania.

" At what is now known as Oil Creek, Butler County resident William Smith and Edwin Drake first proved that oil could be tapped from underground for consistent supply.

As population in the area began to decline, Colonel Edwin L. Drake drilled the first commercially successful oil well on August 27, 1859, in nearby Titusville.

Edwin Drake was born in Greenville, Greene County, New York on March 11, 1819, the son of Lyman and Laura ( née Lee ) Drake.

Edwin Drake was hired by the Seneca Oil Company to investigate suspected oil deposits in Titusville, Pennsylvania.

Edwin Drake grave and memorial, in Titusville

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Presidents of the ASP have included such notable astronomers as Edwin Hubble, George O. Abell, and Frank Drake.

The company's agent, Edwin Drake, is sometimes credited with the " discovery " of oil.

In 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake made the first successful use of a drilling rig at Titusville, Pennsylvania.

In 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake made the first successful use of a drilling rig at Titusville, Pennsylvania.

In March 1067, William took Ealdred with him when William returned to Normandy, along with the other English leaders Earl Edwin of Mercia, Earl Morcar, Edgar the Ætheling, and Archbishop Stigand.

The S42B Pan American Clipper II, piloted by Captain Edwin Musick, landed at Kingman on its first flight on March 23, 1937.

He was also the great nephew of both George Sandys ( 2 March 1577 – March 1644 ), an English traveller, colonist and poet ; and of Sir Edwin Sandys ( 9 December 1561 – October 1629 ), an English statesman and one of the founders of the London Company.

By March, William was secure enough to return to Normandy, but he took with him Stigand, Morcar, Edwin, Edgar, and Waltheof.

* March 4 – Edwin August, American actor and director ( b. 1883 )

* March 23 – Edwin O ' Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner ( b. 1918 )

* March 21 – Edwin Balmer, American science fiction and mystery writer ( b. 1883 )

* March 17 – The Atherton Report ( private investigator Edwin Atherton's report detailing vice and police corruption in San Francisco ) is released.

* March 1 – Edwin H. Land, inventor of the Polaroid instant camera ( b. 1909 )

* March 29 – Edwin Lutyens, British architect ( d. 1944 )

* March 7 – Edwin Henry Landseer, British painter ( d. 1873 )

Fonda appeared in a revival of The Time of Your Life that opened in March 17, 1972 at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles where Fonda, Richard Dreyfuss, Gloria Grahame, Ron Thompson, Strother Martin, Jane Alexander, Lewis J. Stadlen, Richard X. Slattery and Pepper Martin were among the cast with Edwin Sherin directing.

Amelia Mary Earhart, daughter of German American Samuel " Edwin " Stanton Earhart ( born March 28, 1867 ) and Amelia " Amy " Otis Earhart ( 1869 – 1962 ), was born in Atchison, Kansas, in the home of her maternal grandfather, Alfred Gideon Otis ( 1827 – 1912 ), a former federal judge, president of the Atchison Savings Bank and a leading citizen in the town.

Edwin " El Chapo " Rosario ( March 15, 1963 – December 1, 1997 ) was a Puerto Rican boxer.

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (), OM, KCIE, PRA, FRIBA ( 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944 ) was a British architect who is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era.

Actors known for their early support of SAG ( besides the founders ) include Edward Arnold, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Dudley Digges, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey, Jean Hersholt, Russell Hicks, Murray Kinnell, Gene Lockhart, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, Chester Morris, Jean Muir, George Murphy, Erin O ' Brien-Moore, Irving Pichel, Dick Powell, Edward G. Robinson, Edwin Stanley, Gloria Stuart, Lyle Talbot, Franchot Tone, Warren William, and Robert Young.

Sir Edwin Arnold KCIE CSI ( 10 June 1832 – 24 March 1904 ) was an English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work, The Light of Asia.

His uncle, Alfred Edwin Brain Jr. ( 24 October 188529 March 1966 ), had a successful career playing horn in the United States with the New York Symphony Society and later as a soloist in Hollywood.

* The first Medals of Honor ( Army ) were awarded by and presented to six " Andrews Raiders " on March 25, 1863, by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, in his office in the War Department.

Chivian arranged for Burke to be signed to Singular Records, a Philadelphia-based label that was owned by WPEN disc jockey Edwin L. " Larry " Brown ( born September 10, 1921 in New York City ; died March 24, 2005 ), and vocal coach Arthur " Artie " Singer ( born February 1, 1919 in Toronto, Ontario ; died May 2, 2008 in Pennsylvania ), who had a distribution deal with Chess Records.

Lucio Edwin Gutiérrez Borbúa ( born March 23, 1957 ) served as President of Ecuador from January 15, 2003 to April 20, 2005.

The other siblings were Mildred Katherine West ( December 8, 1898 – March 12, 1982 ), known as Beverly ; and John Edwin West, II ( sometimes inaccurately referred to as " John Edwin West, Jr ."; February 11, 1900 – October 12, 1964 ).

Edwin Herbert Land ( May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991 ) was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation.