blue water massey
Well-known Member
May 30
1783 Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper in US
1821 James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose
1848 M?xico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million
1848 William G Young patents ice cream freezer
1858 Hudson Bay Company's rights to Vancouver Island revoked
1862 Battle of Booneville MS - captured General Beauregard evacuates Corinth MS
1862 Battle of Front Royal VA
1864 Battle of Bethesda Church VA
1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) VA
1868 Decoration Day (modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the US for the 1st time
1872 Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy
1889 The brassiere is invented
1896 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)
1913 New country of Albania is formed
1922 Lincoln Memorial dedicated
1941 English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government
1941 German capture Kreta
1942 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WWII
1942 US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor
1943 US troops reconquer Attu Aleutians
1959 World's 1st hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England
1965 Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins
1966 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
1966 US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon
1969 Gibraltar adopts constitution
1971 US Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched
1987 North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video
1783 Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper in US
1821 James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose
1848 M?xico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million
1848 William G Young patents ice cream freezer
1858 Hudson Bay Company's rights to Vancouver Island revoked
1862 Battle of Booneville MS - captured General Beauregard evacuates Corinth MS
1862 Battle of Front Royal VA
1864 Battle of Bethesda Church VA
1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) VA
1868 Decoration Day (modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the US for the 1st time
1872 Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy
1889 The brassiere is invented
1896 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)
1913 New country of Albania is formed
1922 Lincoln Memorial dedicated
1941 English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government
1941 German capture Kreta
1942 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WWII
1942 US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor
1943 US troops reconquer Attu Aleutians
1959 World's 1st hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England
1965 Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins
1966 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
1966 US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon
1969 Gibraltar adopts constitution
1971 US Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched
1987 North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video
