blue water massey
Well-known Member
Aug. 5
1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)
1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia
1775 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay
1837 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY
1846 Oregon country divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel
1858 Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable
1861 US Army abolishes flogging
1861 US levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800)
1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, Ala; Adm David Farragut orders "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
1884 Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC)
1914 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave. & E. 105th St, Cleveland)
1914 US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US
1924 Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts
1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1« hrs
1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan)
1953 Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom
1960 Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) gains independence from France
1962 1st quasar located by radio
1962 Marilyn Monroe found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug overdose
1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving S Africa
1963 Britain, US & USSR sign nuclear test ban treaty
1964 US begins bombing North Vietnam
1969 Mariner 7 flies past Mars
1973 USSR launches Mars 6
1981 Pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers who struck 2 days ago
1985 Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor
1986 It's revealed Andrew Wyeth had, secretly created 240 drawings & paintings of his neighbor Helga
1988 Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns seat
1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)
1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia
1775 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay
1837 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY
1846 Oregon country divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel
1858 Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable
1861 US Army abolishes flogging
1861 US levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800)
1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, Ala; Adm David Farragut orders "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
1884 Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC)
1914 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave. & E. 105th St, Cleveland)
1914 US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US
1924 Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts
1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1« hrs
1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan)
1953 Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom
1960 Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) gains independence from France
1962 1st quasar located by radio
1962 Marilyn Monroe found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug overdose
1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving S Africa
1963 Britain, US & USSR sign nuclear test ban treaty
1964 US begins bombing North Vietnam
1969 Mariner 7 flies past Mars
1973 USSR launches Mars 6
1981 Pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers who struck 2 days ago
1985 Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor
1986 It's revealed Andrew Wyeth had, secretly created 240 drawings & paintings of his neighbor Helga
1988 Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns seat
