blue water massey
Well-known Member
Mar. 12
1664 New Jersey becomes a British colony
1773 Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago
1789 US Post Office established
1850 1st US $20 gold piece issued
1860 Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill; free land in West for colonists
1864 The Red River Campaign begins as a US Navy fleet of 13 Ironclads and 7 Gunboats
1868 Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax
1894 Coca-Cola is bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi
1904 1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport)
1912 Captain Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane
1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low
1916 French airship sinks British submarine D3
1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WWII, giving up Karelische Isthmus
1941 German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
1942 British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
1942 The Battle of Java ends with an Allied surrender to the Japanese Empire
1943 Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
1945 USSR returns Transylvania to Romania
1951 Communist troops driven out of Seoul
1981 Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1986 Giotto encounters Comet Halley
1987 Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North
1664 New Jersey becomes a British colony
1773 Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago
1789 US Post Office established
1850 1st US $20 gold piece issued
1860 Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill; free land in West for colonists
1864 The Red River Campaign begins as a US Navy fleet of 13 Ironclads and 7 Gunboats
1868 Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax
1894 Coca-Cola is bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi
1904 1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport)
1912 Captain Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane
1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low
1916 French airship sinks British submarine D3
1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WWII, giving up Karelische Isthmus
1941 German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
1942 British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
1942 The Battle of Java ends with an Allied surrender to the Japanese Empire
1943 Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
1945 USSR returns Transylvania to Romania
1951 Communist troops driven out of Seoul
1981 Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1986 Giotto encounters Comet Halley
1987 Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North
