blue water massey
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1772 Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica
1778 British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in the Bronx during Revolution
1803 Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west leaving Pittsburgh, Pa
1842 US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress
1850 Calif pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets
1864 Forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Ga.
1887 Thomas A Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures)
1888 Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims
1935 FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents
1935 In an attempt to stay out of the growing turmoil in Europe, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts
1939 Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day thus starting World War II in Europe
1941 Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica
1943 USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned
1955 1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Ill
1957 Malaya (Malaysia) gains independence from Britain
1960 Agricultural Hall of Fame established
1962 Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain
1965 The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft makes its first flight
1970 Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted
1971 Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive on the Moon
1977 Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft alt rec of 38.26 km (125,524')
1978 Symbionese Liberation Army founders William & Emily Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst
1979 Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with the Sun
1980 Poland's Solidarity labor union founded
1985 Night Stalker suspect that terrorized S Calif captured in East LA
1988 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris
1772 Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica
1778 British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in the Bronx during Revolution
1803 Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west leaving Pittsburgh, Pa
1842 US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress
1850 Calif pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets
1864 Forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Ga.
1887 Thomas A Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures)
1888 Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims
1935 FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents
1935 In an attempt to stay out of the growing turmoil in Europe, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts
1939 Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day thus starting World War II in Europe
1941 Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica
1943 USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned
1955 1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Ill
1957 Malaya (Malaysia) gains independence from Britain
1960 Agricultural Hall of Fame established
1962 Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain
1965 The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft makes its first flight
1970 Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted
1971 Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive on the Moon
1977 Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft alt rec of 38.26 km (125,524')
1978 Symbionese Liberation Army founders William & Emily Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst
1979 Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with the Sun
1980 Poland's Solidarity labor union founded
1985 Night Stalker suspect that terrorized S Calif captured in East LA
1988 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris