blue water massey
Well-known Member
Mar. 29
1638 Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden
1806 Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road,
becoming the first United States federal highway
1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians
1847 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico
1848 Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
1864 Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia AR
1865 Appomattox campaign, Virginia
1865 Battle of Quaker Road, Virginia
1867 British North America Act (Canadian constitution) is passed
1867 Congress approves Lincoln Memorial
1882 The Knights of Columbus are established
1886 Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Cola
1912 Captain Robert Scott, blizzard-bound in a tent 18 km from the South Pole, makes last entry in
his diary "the end cannot be far"
1927 Henry Segrave races his Sunbeam to record 203.79mph at Daytona; 1st auto to exceed 200mph
1936 Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates
1942 British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea
1942 British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire
1942 German submarine U-585 sinks
1943 Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WWII (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's)
1945 The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army
1961 23rd Amendment is ratified, allows Washington DC residents to vote for President
1973 Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of
South Vietnam, ends
1974 Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury
1988 US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
1989 1st US private commercial rocket takes suborbital test flight (New Mexico)
1638 Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden
1806 Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road,
becoming the first United States federal highway
1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians
1847 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico
1848 Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
1864 Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia AR
1865 Appomattox campaign, Virginia
1865 Battle of Quaker Road, Virginia
1867 British North America Act (Canadian constitution) is passed
1867 Congress approves Lincoln Memorial
1882 The Knights of Columbus are established
1886 Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Cola
1912 Captain Robert Scott, blizzard-bound in a tent 18 km from the South Pole, makes last entry in
his diary "the end cannot be far"
1927 Henry Segrave races his Sunbeam to record 203.79mph at Daytona; 1st auto to exceed 200mph
1936 Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates
1942 British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea
1942 British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire
1942 German submarine U-585 sinks
1943 Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WWII (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's)
1945 The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army
1961 23rd Amendment is ratified, allows Washington DC residents to vote for President
1973 Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of
South Vietnam, ends
1974 Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury
1988 US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
1989 1st US private commercial rocket takes suborbital test flight (New Mexico)
