blue water massey
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Feb. 5
1776 Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution
1778 South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation
1781 British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond VA
1836 Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
1861 Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay
1861 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Fort Sumter
1896 German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
1903 San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
1905 National Association of Audubon Society incorporates
1909 Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic
1911 San Francisco has it's 1st air meet
1914 Ford Motor Co announces wages will jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day
1916 Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro
1918 S Thompson shoots down a German airplane. The first aerial victory by the U.S.
1918 SS Tuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland
1919 National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party
1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side
1940 FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal
1940 Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia
1941 British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia
1942 55 German tanks reach North-Africa
1945 Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam
1949 President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
1949 General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra
1961 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1969 USSR Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)
1971 Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission
1972 President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle
1975 Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days
1985 Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission
1776 Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution
1778 South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation
1781 British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond VA
1836 Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
1861 Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay
1861 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Fort Sumter
1896 German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
1903 San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
1905 National Association of Audubon Society incorporates
1909 Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic
1911 San Francisco has it's 1st air meet
1914 Ford Motor Co announces wages will jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day
1916 Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro
1918 S Thompson shoots down a German airplane. The first aerial victory by the U.S.
1918 SS Tuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland
1919 National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party
1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side
1940 FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal
1940 Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia
1941 British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia
1942 55 German tanks reach North-Africa
1945 Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam
1949 President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
1949 General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra
1961 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1969 USSR Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)
1971 Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission
1972 President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle
1975 Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days
1985 Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission
