blue water massey
Well-known Member
July 5
1791 Jos‚ Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC
1814 Americans defeat British & Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
1834 Provisional government established in Oregon Country
1841 Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency
1843 Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil govt in Oregon Country
1859 Capt NC Brooks discovers Midway Islands
1865 William Booth founded Salvation Army in London
1935 Pres Franklin Roosevelt signs the National Labor Relations Act
1940 Diplomatic relations broken between Britain & Vichy govt in France
1944 Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight
1946 Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show
1948 Britain's National Health Service Act begins
1951 Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ
1962 Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
1966 National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting
1971 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18)
1973 Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps
1975 Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
1977 Pakistan's army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power
1985 Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of the globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
1986 Nancy Reagan cuts red, white & blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty
1791 Jos‚ Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC
1814 Americans defeat British & Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
1834 Provisional government established in Oregon Country
1841 Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency
1843 Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil govt in Oregon Country
1859 Capt NC Brooks discovers Midway Islands
1865 William Booth founded Salvation Army in London
1935 Pres Franklin Roosevelt signs the National Labor Relations Act
1940 Diplomatic relations broken between Britain & Vichy govt in France
1944 Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight
1946 Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show
1948 Britain's National Health Service Act begins
1951 Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ
1962 Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
1966 National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting
1971 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18)
1973 Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps
1975 Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
1977 Pakistan's army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power
1985 Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of the globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
1986 Nancy Reagan cuts red, white & blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty