blue water massey
Well-known Member
Feb. 11
1752 Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the US, opened
1766 Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
1768 Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act
1794 1st session of US Senate open to the public
1808 Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre PA
1809 Robert Fulton patents the steamboat
1811 President Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years
1852 1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London)
1854 Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
1861 US House passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state
1878 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
1878 1st weekly Weather report published in UK
1895 Georgetown became part of Washington DC
1935 1st US airplane flight with auto slung beneath the fuselage, New York
1939 A Lockheed P-38 Lightning flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes
1941 Lieutenant-General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli
1942 The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore
1943 General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe
1944 German troops re-conquer Aprilia Italy
1944 U-424 sunk off Ireland
1945 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey CA
1945 Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill & Stalin
1953 President Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple
1963 CIA Domestic Operations Division created
1974 Titan-Centaur test launch fails
1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect
1752 Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the US, opened
1766 Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
1768 Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act
1794 1st session of US Senate open to the public
1808 Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre PA
1809 Robert Fulton patents the steamboat
1811 President Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years
1852 1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London)
1854 Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
1861 US House passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state
1878 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
1878 1st weekly Weather report published in UK
1895 Georgetown became part of Washington DC
1935 1st US airplane flight with auto slung beneath the fuselage, New York
1939 A Lockheed P-38 Lightning flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes
1941 Lieutenant-General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli
1942 The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore
1943 General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe
1944 German troops re-conquer Aprilia Italy
1944 U-424 sunk off Ireland
1945 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey CA
1945 Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill & Stalin
1953 President Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple
1963 CIA Domestic Operations Division created
1974 Titan-Centaur test launch fails
1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect
