blue water massey
Well-known Member
Aug 3
1492 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies"
1678 Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon
1863 Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY
1882 Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration
1914 Germany invades Belgium & declares war on France in WW I
1921 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
1940 Lithuanian SSR is accepted into the USSR
1954 1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown
1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing
1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap
1960 Niger gains independence from France
1963 Great Train Robbery-$2.5 M ($3.25 M) robbed
1970 Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try
1973 Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park. (Isle of Man, UK)
1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing the TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered
1983 John Sain of South Bend, Ind builds 3.91 m house of cards
1984 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1987 Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26
1990 Radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion
1990 US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions
1492 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies"
1678 Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon
1863 Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY
1882 Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration
1914 Germany invades Belgium & declares war on France in WW I
1921 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
1940 Lithuanian SSR is accepted into the USSR
1954 1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown
1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing
1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap
1960 Niger gains independence from France
1963 Great Train Robbery-$2.5 M ($3.25 M) robbed
1970 Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try
1973 Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park. (Isle of Man, UK)
1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing the TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered
1983 John Sain of South Bend, Ind builds 3.91 m house of cards
1984 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1987 Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26
1990 Radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion
1990 US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions