blue water massey
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Oct. 10
1780 The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000?30,000 in the Caribbean
1802 1st non indian settlement in Oklahoma
1845 The Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis
1865 John Hyatts patents the billiard ball
1868 Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
1871 The Great Chicago Fire: Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from Oct 8 to 10
1874 Fiji becomes a British possession
1886 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY (the tuxedo)
1897 Chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)
1911 Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus
1913 Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix
1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1933 Mid-air explosion: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation
1933 1st synthetic detergent for home use marketed
1938 Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland
1943 Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China
1953 Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded
1957 Pres Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant
1963 Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, UK, USSR
1967 The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force
1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain
1971 Sold, dismantled and moved to the US, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Az
1973 VP Spiro T Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion & resigns
1974 Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr bike ride of 50,600 miles
1978 Pres Carter signs a bill authorizing the Susan B Anthony dollar
1979 Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone)
1980 Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated
1981 Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
1985 US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers to land in Italy
1990 US 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space
1780 The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000?30,000 in the Caribbean
1802 1st non indian settlement in Oklahoma
1845 The Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis
1865 John Hyatts patents the billiard ball
1868 Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
1871 The Great Chicago Fire: Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from Oct 8 to 10
1874 Fiji becomes a British possession
1886 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY (the tuxedo)
1897 Chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)
1911 Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus
1913 Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix
1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1933 Mid-air explosion: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation
1933 1st synthetic detergent for home use marketed
1938 Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland
1943 Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China
1953 Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded
1957 Pres Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant
1963 Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, UK, USSR
1967 The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force
1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain
1971 Sold, dismantled and moved to the US, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Az
1973 VP Spiro T Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion & resigns
1974 Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr bike ride of 50,600 miles
1978 Pres Carter signs a bill authorizing the Susan B Anthony dollar
1979 Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone)
1980 Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated
1981 Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
1985 US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers to land in Italy
1990 US 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space
