blue water massey
Well-known Member
Dec. 21
1620 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock
1829 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore
1826 American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence
1861 Medal of Honor: containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law
1864 General Sherman conquers Savannah
1891 18 students play 1st basketball game (Springfield College)
1929 1st US group hospital insurance plan instituted, Dallas TX
1933 Dried human blood serum 1st prepared, University of Pennsylvania
1933 Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony
1941 German submarine U-567 sinks
1952 Broadway Tunnel opens in San Francisco
1954 Dr Sam Sheppard is convicted of his wife, Marilyn's murder
1962 US & Cuba accord, releases bay of pigs captive
1966 USSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum
1968 Apollo 8 (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell & Bill Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage
1972 Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany
1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US & USSR meet in Geneva
1975 Madagascar adopts constitution
1979 Zimbabwe adopts constitution
1984 USSR launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Comet
1985 ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles WA
1987 Soyuz TM-4 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir
1988 New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet (Flight 103) explodes over Scotland
1620 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock
1829 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore
1826 American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence
1861 Medal of Honor: containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law
1864 General Sherman conquers Savannah
1891 18 students play 1st basketball game (Springfield College)
1929 1st US group hospital insurance plan instituted, Dallas TX
1933 Dried human blood serum 1st prepared, University of Pennsylvania
1933 Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony
1941 German submarine U-567 sinks
1952 Broadway Tunnel opens in San Francisco
1954 Dr Sam Sheppard is convicted of his wife, Marilyn's murder
1962 US & Cuba accord, releases bay of pigs captive
1966 USSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum
1968 Apollo 8 (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell & Bill Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage
1972 Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany
1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US & USSR meet in Geneva
1975 Madagascar adopts constitution
1979 Zimbabwe adopts constitution
1984 USSR launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Comet
1985 ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles WA
1987 Soyuz TM-4 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir
1988 New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet (Flight 103) explodes over Scotland
