blue water massey
Well-known Member
Mar. 2
1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
1799 Congress standardizes US weights & measures
1836 Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico
1853 Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Territory
1861 Congress creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska & Utah territories
1863 Congress authorizes track width of 4'8?" for Union Pacific RR
1865 General Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough
1867 US Congress passed the 1st Reconstruction Act
1893 1st federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features
1899 President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in US)
1915 British Vice Admiral Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts
1917 Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted
1925 Nationwide road numbering system & US shield marker adopted
1934 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha
1937 Mexico nationalizes oil
1940 Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland
1943 Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, US & Australia win
1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1946 Dutch troops land on East Bali
1949 1st automatic street light (New Milford CT)
1949 Lucky Lady II completes 1st nonstop round-the-world flight 23,452-mis in 94h
1950 Silly Putty invented
1965 The US and South Vietnamese Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder
1968 USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world? (then)
1969 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde
1972 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby
1978 Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
1983 Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced
1986 Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to US
1989 12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000
1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
1799 Congress standardizes US weights & measures
1836 Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico
1853 Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Territory
1861 Congress creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska & Utah territories
1863 Congress authorizes track width of 4'8?" for Union Pacific RR
1865 General Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough
1867 US Congress passed the 1st Reconstruction Act
1893 1st federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features
1899 President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in US)
1915 British Vice Admiral Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts
1917 Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted
1925 Nationwide road numbering system & US shield marker adopted
1934 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha
1937 Mexico nationalizes oil
1940 Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland
1943 Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, US & Australia win
1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1946 Dutch troops land on East Bali
1949 1st automatic street light (New Milford CT)
1949 Lucky Lady II completes 1st nonstop round-the-world flight 23,452-mis in 94h
1950 Silly Putty invented
1965 The US and South Vietnamese Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder
1968 USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world? (then)
1969 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde
1972 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby
1978 Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
1983 Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced
1986 Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to US
1989 12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000
