blue water massey
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July 7
1754 Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College)
1846 US annexs California
1862 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land
1863 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
1865 4 Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged
1891 Travelers cheque patented
1898 Pres McKinley signs resolution of annexation of Hawaiian Is
1908 Great White Fleet leaves SF Bay
1930 Construction begins on Boulder (Hoover) Dam
1937 Japanese & Chinese troops clash, which will become WW II
1941 US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion
1946 Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint
1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy
1954 T.A.N.U. party founded in Tanzania
1958 Pres Eisenhower signs Alaska statehood bill
1960 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea
1969 Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English lang
1973 All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels
1973 Shoelace Park in the Bronx named
1976 Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars
1978 Solomon Is gains independence from Britain
1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel
1986 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released
1986 Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law
1987 Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
1987 Lt Col Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing
1988 Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful)
1754 Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College)
1846 US annexs California
1862 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land
1863 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
1865 4 Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged
1891 Travelers cheque patented
1898 Pres McKinley signs resolution of annexation of Hawaiian Is
1908 Great White Fleet leaves SF Bay
1930 Construction begins on Boulder (Hoover) Dam
1937 Japanese & Chinese troops clash, which will become WW II
1941 US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion
1946 Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint
1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy
1954 T.A.N.U. party founded in Tanzania
1958 Pres Eisenhower signs Alaska statehood bill
1960 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea
1969 Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English lang
1973 All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels
1973 Shoelace Park in the Bronx named
1976 Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars
1978 Solomon Is gains independence from Britain
1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel
1986 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released
1986 Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law
1987 Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
1987 Lt Col Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing
1988 Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful)