blue water massey
Well-known Member
Feb. 19
1803 Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953
1807 Vice President Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason; later found innocent
1831 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Pennsylvania
1846 Texas state government formally installed in Austin
1847 The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party
1856 Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH
1878 Thomas Alva Edison patents the gramophone (phonograph)
1881 Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages
1906 W K Kellogg & Charles D Bolin incorporate Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company
1915 The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins
1920 Netherlands joins League of Nations
1934 US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for 6 months
1938 Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark
1942 FDR orders detention & internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans
1942 About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin
1942 Japanese troop land on Timor
1943 German tanks under Brigadier General Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia
1944 823 British bombers attack Berlin
1944 U-264 sinks off Ireland
1945 About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima
1945 900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days
1952 French offensive at Hanoi
1959 USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), New Mexico
1969 1st Test flight of Boeing 747 jumbo jet
1977 Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st test flight atop a 747 jetliner
1985 William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital
1986 USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit
1987 Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland
1990 Soyuz TM-9 lands
1803 Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953
1807 Vice President Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason; later found innocent
1831 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Pennsylvania
1846 Texas state government formally installed in Austin
1847 The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party
1856 Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH
1878 Thomas Alva Edison patents the gramophone (phonograph)
1881 Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages
1906 W K Kellogg & Charles D Bolin incorporate Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company
1915 The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins
1920 Netherlands joins League of Nations
1934 US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for 6 months
1938 Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark
1942 FDR orders detention & internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans
1942 About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin
1942 Japanese troop land on Timor
1943 German tanks under Brigadier General Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia
1944 823 British bombers attack Berlin
1944 U-264 sinks off Ireland
1945 About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima
1945 900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days
1952 French offensive at Hanoi
1959 USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), New Mexico
1969 1st Test flight of Boeing 747 jumbo jet
1977 Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st test flight atop a 747 jetliner
1985 William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital
1986 USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit
1987 Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland
1990 Soyuz TM-9 lands