blue water massey
Well-known Member
June 6
A few things I posted in yesterdays this day in history should have been in today's post
So I tried to not repeat them in today's post
what can I say it was a long day Sat
1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
1813 US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont)
1862 Battle of Memphis-the city is surrendered
1882 Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC
1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
1890 United States Polo Association formed, NYC
1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ
1932 US Federal gas tax enacted
1933 1st drive-in theatre opens (Camden NJ)
1936 Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro NJ
1941 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched
1942 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)
1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway
1944 D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France
1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established
1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
A few things I posted in yesterdays this day in history should have been in today's post
So I tried to not repeat them in today's post
what can I say it was a long day Sat
1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
1813 US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont)
1862 Battle of Memphis-the city is surrendered
1882 Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC
1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
1890 United States Polo Association formed, NYC
1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ
1932 US Federal gas tax enacted
1933 1st drive-in theatre opens (Camden NJ)
1936 Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro NJ
1941 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched
1942 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)
1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway
1944 D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France
1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established
1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
