blue water massey
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Aug. 6
1787 Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate
1806 Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire
1815 US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli
1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru
1854 Congress passes Confiscation Act
1862 CSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
1864 Rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd
1890 1st use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder
1914 Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia
1914 Serbia declares war against Germany
1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)
1921 Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins
1926 Warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system (NY)
1934 US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
1945 Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay"
1946 US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court
1961 Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits), 1st case of motion sickness in
space reported
1962 Jamaica gains independence from Britain
1965 Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights
1974 Explosion & fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash
1985 19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AFB
1985 STS 51-I vehicle moves to the launch pad
1986 Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for the IBM
1989 Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern picket lines
1990 UN Security Council votes 13-0 to place economic sanctions against Iraq
1787 Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate
1806 Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire
1815 US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli
1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru
1854 Congress passes Confiscation Act
1862 CSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
1864 Rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd
1890 1st use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder
1914 Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia
1914 Serbia declares war against Germany
1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)
1921 Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins
1926 Warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system (NY)
1934 US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
1945 Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay"
1946 US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court
1961 Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits), 1st case of motion sickness in
space reported
1962 Jamaica gains independence from Britain
1965 Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights
1974 Explosion & fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash
1985 19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AFB
1985 STS 51-I vehicle moves to the launch pad
1986 Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for the IBM
1989 Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern picket lines
1990 UN Security Council votes 13-0 to place economic sanctions against Iraq