blue water massey
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Sept. 13
1743 Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms
1759 Wolfe defeats Montcalm on Plains of Abraham; Canada becomes English
1788 New York City becomes capital of the United States
1789 1st loan to US Govt (from NYC banks)
1812 A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows
1814 In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem
1862 Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam
1882 Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought
1898 Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
1899 Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an auto accident
1906 1st airplane flight in Europe
1914 The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France
1942 Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces
1942 German forces attack Stalingrad
1943 Chiang Kai-shek became president of China
1948 Margaret Chase Smith elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress
1956 The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage
1959 USSR's Luna 2 becomes 1st probe to contact another celestial body
1961 Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit
1970 IBM announces System 370 computer
1971 9 hostages & 28 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison
1977 2nd test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise
1979 South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of S Afr)
1982 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain
1983 US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1984 STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad
1990 Iraqi troops storm the residence of French ambassador in Kuwait
2001 Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks
2008 Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States
1743 Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms
1759 Wolfe defeats Montcalm on Plains of Abraham; Canada becomes English
1788 New York City becomes capital of the United States
1789 1st loan to US Govt (from NYC banks)
1812 A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows
1814 In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem
1862 Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam
1882 Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought
1898 Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
1899 Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an auto accident
1906 1st airplane flight in Europe
1914 The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France
1942 Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces
1942 German forces attack Stalingrad
1943 Chiang Kai-shek became president of China
1948 Margaret Chase Smith elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress
1956 The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage
1959 USSR's Luna 2 becomes 1st probe to contact another celestial body
1961 Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit
1970 IBM announces System 370 computer
1971 9 hostages & 28 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison
1977 2nd test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise
1979 South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of S Afr)
1982 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain
1983 US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1984 STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad
1990 Iraqi troops storm the residence of French ambassador in Kuwait
2001 Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks
2008 Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States
