blue water massey
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July 27
1586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
1663 The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports
1775 Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men
1866 The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland
Birthdays:
1940 The character of Bugs Bunny, in an animated short A Wild Hare is released
Deaths:
1988 Frank Zamboni, American inventor and businessman, founded the Zamboni Company
Thought for the day:
" Politics is either passing the buck or passing the dough. "
1586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
1663 The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports
1775 Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men
1866 The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland
Birthdays:
1940 The character of Bugs Bunny, in an animated short A Wild Hare is released
Deaths:
1988 Frank Zamboni, American inventor and businessman, founded the Zamboni Company
Thought for the day:
" Politics is either passing the buck or passing the dough. "
