blue water massey
Well-known Member
July 2
1776 Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are & of right ought to be
Free & Independent States"
1777 Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery
1808 Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam
1847 Envelope bearing the 1st US 10 stamps, still exists today
1862 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges
1863 Battle of Gettysburg (2nd day)
1864 Gen Early & Confederate forces reach Winchester
1864 Statuary Hall in US Capitol established
1867 1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
1881 Pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker
1885 Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear
1890 Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits industrial monopolies
1894 Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers
1900 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1st airship LZ-1, flies
1926 US Army Air Corps created; Distinguish Flying Cross authorized
1932 FDR makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech
1937 Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean
1940 Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated
1943 Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane
1955 "Lawrence Welk Show" premiers on ABC
1957 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor completed-The Seawolf
1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback
1964 Pres Johnson signs Civil Rights Act
1976 Formal reunification of North & South Vietnam
1976 Supreme Court ruled death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual
1982 Larry Walters using lawn chair & 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000'
1985 European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet
1985 Proto launched to Halley's Comet
1990 Imelda Marcos & Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering
1776 Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are & of right ought to be
Free & Independent States"
1777 Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery
1808 Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam
1847 Envelope bearing the 1st US 10 stamps, still exists today
1862 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges
1863 Battle of Gettysburg (2nd day)
1864 Gen Early & Confederate forces reach Winchester
1864 Statuary Hall in US Capitol established
1867 1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
1881 Pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker
1885 Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear
1890 Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits industrial monopolies
1894 Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers
1900 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1st airship LZ-1, flies
1926 US Army Air Corps created; Distinguish Flying Cross authorized
1932 FDR makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech
1937 Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean
1940 Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated
1943 Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane
1955 "Lawrence Welk Show" premiers on ABC
1957 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor completed-The Seawolf
1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback
1964 Pres Johnson signs Civil Rights Act
1976 Formal reunification of North & South Vietnam
1976 Supreme Court ruled death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual
1982 Larry Walters using lawn chair & 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000'
1985 European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet
1985 Proto launched to Halley's Comet
1990 Imelda Marcos & Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering
