blue water massey
Well-known Member
Mar. 4
1681 King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania
1789 1st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 representatives)
1791 Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies)
1792 Oranges introduced to Hawaii
1794 The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress
1814 US defeat British at the Battle of Longwoods, near present-day Wardsville, Ont
1826 1st US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy MA
1861 Confederate States adopt "Stars & Bars" flag
1863 Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee
1863 Territory of Idaho established
1865 Confederate congress approves the 3rd final design of "official flag"
1902 American Automobile Association (AAA) founded in Chicago
1913 1st US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed
1924 "Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny
1930 Coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated
1934 Easter Cross on Mount Davidson (San Francisco) dedicated
1936 1st flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany
1941 18 Geuzen resistance fighters sentenced to death in The Hague
1944 1st US bombing of Berlin
1944 Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy
1945 Finland declares war on Nazi-Germany
1955 SWMBO arrived in this world to be discoverd by me 43 1/2 years later
1955 1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent
1977 1st CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico
1982 NASA launches Intelsat V
1985 Virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA
1985 War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai"
1681 King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania
1789 1st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 representatives)
1791 Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies)
1792 Oranges introduced to Hawaii
1794 The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress
1814 US defeat British at the Battle of Longwoods, near present-day Wardsville, Ont
1826 1st US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy MA
1861 Confederate States adopt "Stars & Bars" flag
1863 Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee
1863 Territory of Idaho established
1865 Confederate congress approves the 3rd final design of "official flag"
1902 American Automobile Association (AAA) founded in Chicago
1913 1st US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed
1924 "Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny
1930 Coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated
1934 Easter Cross on Mount Davidson (San Francisco) dedicated
1936 1st flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany
1941 18 Geuzen resistance fighters sentenced to death in The Hague
1944 1st US bombing of Berlin
1944 Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy
1945 Finland declares war on Nazi-Germany
1955 SWMBO arrived in this world to be discoverd by me 43 1/2 years later
1955 1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent
1977 1st CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico
1982 NASA launches Intelsat V
1985 Virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA
1985 War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai"
