blue water massey
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1791 John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat
1883 Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions
1914 Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg
1914 The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces
1920 The 19th amendment giving women the right to vote
1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island in SF Bay is finished
1944 Charles de Gaulle enters Paris
1957 USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
1974 Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1978 Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6
1981 Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission
1982 NASA launches Telesat-F
1791 John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat
1883 Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions
1914 Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg
1914 The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces
1920 The 19th amendment giving women the right to vote
1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island in SF Bay is finished
1944 Charles de Gaulle enters Paris
1957 USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
1974 Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1978 Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6
1981 Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission
1982 NASA launches Telesat-F