blue water massey
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Nov. 21
1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
1783 Pilstre de Rozier & Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
1787 Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar
1789 North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
1794 Honolulu Harbor discovered
1832 Wabash College is founded in Crawfordsville, Indiana
1847 Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan
1861 Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war
1871 Moses Gale patents a cigar lighter
1877 Thomas Edison announces invention the phonograph, machine that can record and play sound
1916 A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea
1920 In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday"
1935 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
1942 The completion of the Alaska Highway (however is not usable by general vehicles until 1943)
1946 Harry Truman becomes 1st US President to travel in a submerged sub
1952 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1953 "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax
1964 World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC) (at the time)
1967 Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
1977 1st flight of the Concorde (London to New York)
1990 Signing of Declaration of "End of Cold war" in Paris
1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
1783 Pilstre de Rozier & Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
1787 Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar
1789 North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
1794 Honolulu Harbor discovered
1832 Wabash College is founded in Crawfordsville, Indiana
1847 Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan
1861 Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war
1871 Moses Gale patents a cigar lighter
1877 Thomas Edison announces invention the phonograph, machine that can record and play sound
1916 A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea
1920 In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday"
1935 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
1942 The completion of the Alaska Highway (however is not usable by general vehicles until 1943)
1946 Harry Truman becomes 1st US President to travel in a submerged sub
1952 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1953 "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax
1964 World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC) (at the time)
1967 Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
1977 1st flight of the Concorde (London to New York)
1990 Signing of Declaration of "End of Cold war" in Paris
