blue water massey
Well-known Member
Apr. 16
1777 Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout British
1818 Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border)
1861 US President Abraham Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states
1862 Confederate President Jefferson Davis approves conscription for white males between 18-35
1862 Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia
1865 Battle of Columbus & West Point GA (Fort Tyler)
1866 Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo & Company office explodes
1868 Louisiana voters approve new constitution
1881 In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle
1908 Natural Bridges National Monument established (Lake Powell UT)
1922 Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row
1939 Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact
1941 The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships
1943 40 New Zealand bombers attack Haarlem Netherlands
1945 German troops in Groningen surrender
1945 Red Army begins Battle of Berlin
1945 US troops land on He Shima Okinawa
1946 1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands NM; 8 km altitude
1947 Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (New York NY)
1951 British submarine Affray sank in English Channel
1965 Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket
1972 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1981 Columbia space shuttle returns
1982 Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
1987 FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves
1777 Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout British
1818 Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border)
1861 US President Abraham Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states
1862 Confederate President Jefferson Davis approves conscription for white males between 18-35
1862 Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia
1865 Battle of Columbus & West Point GA (Fort Tyler)
1866 Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo & Company office explodes
1868 Louisiana voters approve new constitution
1881 In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle
1908 Natural Bridges National Monument established (Lake Powell UT)
1922 Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row
1939 Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact
1941 The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships
1943 40 New Zealand bombers attack Haarlem Netherlands
1945 German troops in Groningen surrender
1945 Red Army begins Battle of Berlin
1945 US troops land on He Shima Okinawa
1946 1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands NM; 8 km altitude
1947 Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (New York NY)
1951 British submarine Affray sank in English Channel
1965 Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket
1972 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1981 Columbia space shuttle returns
1982 Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
1987 FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves
