blue water massey
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Apr. 18
1506 The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid
1689 Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros
1775 Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!"
1831 The University of Alabama is founded
1848 US victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico
1861 Colonel Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies
1861 Battle of Harpers Ferry WV
1862 Battles of Fort Jackson, Fort St Philip & New Orleans LA
1864 Battle of Poison Springs AR (Camden Expedition)
1865 Confederate General Johnson surrendered to General Sherman in North Carolina
1902 Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals
1906 San Francisco earthquake & fire destroys 75% of the city
1912 The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City
1915 Pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines
1934 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Fort Worth TX)
1942 James H Doolittle bombs Tokyo & other Japanese cities
1943 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down over Bougainville Is
1945 Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany
1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
1946 League of Nations dissolves (3 months after the UN starts)
1950 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip
1955 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed
1968 London Bridge is sold to US oil company (to be erected in Arizona)
1982 Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act
1986 Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB
1988 US launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II
1506 The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid
1689 Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros
1775 Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!"
1831 The University of Alabama is founded
1848 US victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico
1861 Colonel Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies
1861 Battle of Harpers Ferry WV
1862 Battles of Fort Jackson, Fort St Philip & New Orleans LA
1864 Battle of Poison Springs AR (Camden Expedition)
1865 Confederate General Johnson surrendered to General Sherman in North Carolina
1902 Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals
1906 San Francisco earthquake & fire destroys 75% of the city
1912 The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City
1915 Pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines
1934 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Fort Worth TX)
1942 James H Doolittle bombs Tokyo & other Japanese cities
1943 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down over Bougainville Is
1945 Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany
1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
1946 League of Nations dissolves (3 months after the UN starts)
1950 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip
1955 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed
1968 London Bridge is sold to US oil company (to be erected in Arizona)
1982 Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act
1986 Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB
1988 US launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II
