blue water massey
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1495 A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky
1774 British govt orders Port of Boston closed
1779 Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army, is court-martialed for malfeasance
1789 1st US congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths)
1792 Kentucky admitted as 15th US state
1796 Tennessee admitted as 16th US state
1812 U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom
1813 Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
1861 1st skirmish in the Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va
1861 US & Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
1862 Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines
1864 Battle of Cold Harbour, VA
1869 Voting Machine patented by Thomas Edison
1877 US troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico
1888 California gets its 1st seismograph
1915 1st Zeppelin air raid over England
1939 British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay
1941 The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany
1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
1970 Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days
1974 The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published (journal Emergency Medicine)
1990 George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production
1495 A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky
1774 British govt orders Port of Boston closed
1779 Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army, is court-martialed for malfeasance
1789 1st US congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths)
1792 Kentucky admitted as 15th US state
1796 Tennessee admitted as 16th US state
1812 U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom
1813 Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
1861 1st skirmish in the Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va
1861 US & Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
1862 Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines
1864 Battle of Cold Harbour, VA
1869 Voting Machine patented by Thomas Edison
1877 US troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico
1888 California gets its 1st seismograph
1915 1st Zeppelin air raid over England
1939 British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay
1941 The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany
1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
1970 Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days
1974 The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published (journal Emergency Medicine)
1990 George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production