This Day in History Apr. 2

Apr. 2

1792 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint; US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & $2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, ? dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime
1819 1st successful agricultural journal ("The American Farmer") begins
1827 Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils
1864 Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana
1864 Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine AR
1865 CSA President Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond VA
1865 Lee's line is broken at Petersberg
1865 Battle of Fort Blakely AL & Selma AL
1865 Battle of Petersburg VA (Fort Gregg, Sutherland's Station)
1872 George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine
1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power
1916 German troops overtake Bois de Caillette
1917 President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1935 Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
1941 USS Hornet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from San Francisco
1944 Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania
1945 1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa
1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km)
1964 USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned
1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon
1975 Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Canada. (1,815.4 ft) high
1982 Argentina invades the Falkland Islands
1987 IBM introduces PS/2 & OS/2
1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands
1993 1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam)

Re the Doolittle raid, I knew a retired Navy guy who was on the Hornet with the raid. He said the captain announced over the loudspeakers "men, our destination is Toyoko!" and a huge cheer rose from the crew.

KEH

the uss hornet with jimmy Doolittle and the b25? was not apr 41. we werent at war till dec 7 1941/. was 1942.

yep and I shoulda caught that one
not only wrong yr wrong day too
should be April 18 1942