blue water massey
Well-known Member
Apr. 4
1581 Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world and is knighted
1818 Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars (1 star for each state then)
1841 William H Harrison the 1st US President to die in office, and the briefest administration
1862 Battle of Yorktown begins
1862 US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond
1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse
1896 Announcement of Gold in the Yukon
1916 US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WWI
1918 Battle of Somme ends
1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, C C King, University of Pittsburgh
1941 German troops conquer Banghazi
1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
1945 US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany
1945 US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld
1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington DC)
1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V
1969 Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart
1972 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
1973 The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated
1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
1581 Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world and is knighted
1818 Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars (1 star for each state then)
1841 William H Harrison the 1st US President to die in office, and the briefest administration
1862 Battle of Yorktown begins
1862 US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond
1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse
1896 Announcement of Gold in the Yukon
1916 US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WWI
1918 Battle of Somme ends
1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, C C King, University of Pittsburgh
1941 German troops conquer Banghazi
1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
1945 US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany
1945 US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld
1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington DC)
1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V
1969 Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart
1972 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
1973 The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated
1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
