blue water massey
Well-known Member
July 30
1619 House of Burgesses Virginia formed, 1st elective US governing body
1729 City of Baltimore founded
1733 Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston
1836 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii
1839 Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad
1844 1st US yacht club organized, NY Yacht Club
1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of the Crater
1870 Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns
1908 Around the World Autombile Race ends in Paris
1909 US Army accepts delivery of 1st military airplane
1913 Conclusion of the 2nd Balkan War
1916 German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ
1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency
1928 George Eastman demonstrates 1st color movie
1942 FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)
1946 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, NM
1956 US motto "In God We Trust" authorized
1965 LBJ signs Medicare bill, which went into effect following year
1967 Race riot in Milwaukee
1971 Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter
1971 US Apollo 15 lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon
1974 House of Reps recommends 3 articles of impeachment of Nixon
1975 Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit
1983 Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, Calif
1984 Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil
1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-I mission
1990 5 Bank of Credit & Commerce members found guilty of money laundering
1619 House of Burgesses Virginia formed, 1st elective US governing body
1729 City of Baltimore founded
1733 Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston
1836 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii
1839 Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad
1844 1st US yacht club organized, NY Yacht Club
1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of the Crater
1870 Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns
1908 Around the World Autombile Race ends in Paris
1909 US Army accepts delivery of 1st military airplane
1913 Conclusion of the 2nd Balkan War
1916 German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ
1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency
1928 George Eastman demonstrates 1st color movie
1942 FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)
1946 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, NM
1956 US motto "In God We Trust" authorized
1965 LBJ signs Medicare bill, which went into effect following year
1967 Race riot in Milwaukee
1971 Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter
1971 US Apollo 15 lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon
1974 House of Reps recommends 3 articles of impeachment of Nixon
1975 Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit
1983 Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, Calif
1984 Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil
1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-I mission
1990 5 Bank of Credit & Commerce members found guilty of money laundering
