blue water massey
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Sept. 3
1189 England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster
1666 The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London
1752 This day never happened nor the next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives
1777 During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in
battle for the first time
1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War)
1812 Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana
1826 USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe
1833 NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
1849 Calif State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality
1865 Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land
1891 Cottonpickers organize union & stage strike in Texas
1900 British annex Natal (South Africa)
1916 Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
1925 Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio
1934 Tunisia began its move for independence
1935 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada
1940 1st showing of high definition color TV
1940 US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease
1943 Allies invade Italy
1945 Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to Allies
1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson
1967 Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
1971 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
1976 Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos
1978 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm
1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth
1189 England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster
1666 The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London
1752 This day never happened nor the next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives
1777 During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in
battle for the first time
1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War)
1812 Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana
1826 USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe
1833 NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
1849 Calif State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality
1865 Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land
1891 Cottonpickers organize union & stage strike in Texas
1900 British annex Natal (South Africa)
1916 Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
1925 Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio
1934 Tunisia began its move for independence
1935 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada
1940 1st showing of high definition color TV
1940 US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease
1943 Allies invade Italy
1945 Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to Allies
1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson
1967 Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
1971 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
1976 Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos
1978 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm
1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth
