blue water massey
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1748 Ruins of Pompeii found
1789 House of Representatives 1st full meeting, New York NY, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker
1826 Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine."
1853 Cincinnati becomes 1st US city to pay firefighters a regular salary
1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock VA
1863 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect
1865 Battle of 5 Forks VA, signalling end of Lee's army
1865 Battle at Blakely AL
1893 The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established
1889 1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago)
1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force
1924 The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed
1927 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice
1929 Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo
1939 US recognizes Franco government in Spain
1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island (San Francisco Bay)
1942 Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor
1944 Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India
1945 US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WWII
1945 Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen
1945 Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st & 9th army
1952 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow
1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the US Air Force Academy
1954 1st army helicopter battalion is formed, Fort Bragg NC
1960 RCA TIROS (TV & Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched
1960 Dr. Martens released its first boots, the model 1460
1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
1976 Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne
1982 US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panam?
1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England
1748 Ruins of Pompeii found
1789 House of Representatives 1st full meeting, New York NY, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker
1826 Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine."
1853 Cincinnati becomes 1st US city to pay firefighters a regular salary
1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock VA
1863 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect
1865 Battle of 5 Forks VA, signalling end of Lee's army
1865 Battle at Blakely AL
1893 The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established
1889 1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago)
1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force
1924 The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed
1927 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice
1929 Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo
1939 US recognizes Franco government in Spain
1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island (San Francisco Bay)
1942 Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor
1944 Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India
1945 US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WWII
1945 Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen
1945 Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st & 9th army
1952 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow
1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the US Air Force Academy
1954 1st army helicopter battalion is formed, Fort Bragg NC
1960 RCA TIROS (TV & Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched
1960 Dr. Martens released its first boots, the model 1460
1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
1976 Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne
1982 US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panam?
1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England