blue water massey
Well-known Member
Jan. 12
1773 1st US public museum established (Charleston SC)
1807 Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Netherlands
1816 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1839 Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk PA
1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens
1863 President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address
1865 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC
1896 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
1900 Freeland Colony founded in US
1908 A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time
1937 Plow for laying submarine cable patented
1942 United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board
1942 British troops reconquer Sollum
1942 Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender
1944 Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterdam
1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge
1945 US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea
1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames
1961 UN genocide pact goes into effect
1962 Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place
1966 LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
1970 Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
1975 Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates
1986 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
1991 Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait
1773 1st US public museum established (Charleston SC)
1807 Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Netherlands
1816 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1839 Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk PA
1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens
1863 President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address
1865 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC
1896 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
1900 Freeland Colony founded in US
1908 A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time
1937 Plow for laying submarine cable patented
1942 United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board
1942 British troops reconquer Sollum
1942 Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender
1944 Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterdam
1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge
1945 US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea
1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames
1961 UN genocide pact goes into effect
1962 Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place
1966 LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
1970 Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
1975 Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates
1986 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
1991 Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait