blue water massey
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1642 Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States
1781 Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation
1790 1st US census authorized
1792 US Presidential Succession Act passed
1803 Ohio becomes 17th state
1845 President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
1867 Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later)
1872 Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park
1873 Remington and Sons in Ilion, NY begins production of the first practical typewriter
1876 Guernsey Cattle Club forms (Farmington CT)
1912 Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane
1913 1st state law requiring bonding of officers & state employees, North Dakota
1913 Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)
1916 Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic
1919 Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin
1932 Charles Lindbergh Jr (20 months), kidnapped in New Jersey
1936 The Hoover Dam is completed
1937 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut)
1941 German troops invade Bulgaria
1942 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends
1942 Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java
1944 Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns
1944 U-358 sinks in Atlantic
1945 British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten
1945 Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi
1945 US infantry regiment captures M?nchengladbach
1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps
1966 Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
1971 Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC
1980 Snow falls in Florida
1991 US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens
1642 Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States
1781 Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation
1790 1st US census authorized
1792 US Presidential Succession Act passed
1803 Ohio becomes 17th state
1845 President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
1867 Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later)
1872 Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park
1873 Remington and Sons in Ilion, NY begins production of the first practical typewriter
1876 Guernsey Cattle Club forms (Farmington CT)
1912 Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane
1913 1st state law requiring bonding of officers & state employees, North Dakota
1913 Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)
1916 Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic
1919 Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin
1932 Charles Lindbergh Jr (20 months), kidnapped in New Jersey
1936 The Hoover Dam is completed
1937 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut)
1941 German troops invade Bulgaria
1942 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends
1942 Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java
1944 Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns
1944 U-358 sinks in Atlantic
1945 British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten
1945 Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi
1945 US infantry regiment captures M?nchengladbach
1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps
1966 Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
1971 Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC
1980 Snow falls in Florida
1991 US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens