blue water massey
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Apr. 6
1776 Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat
1789 1st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York NY
1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee
1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
1869 1st plastic, Celluloid, patented
1886 City of Vancouver British Columbia Canada incorporated
1888 Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College
1889 George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time
1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary & Matthew Henson
1912 Electric starter 1st appeared in cars
1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare
1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar
1938 Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett
1941 Beginning of 3 day bombardment of Belgrade
1941 British General Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa
1941 German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes)
1943 British & US offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
1945 Coevorden freed from Nazi's
1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa
1945 US marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
1954 TV Dinner is 1st put on sale by Swanson & Sons
1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st commercial geosynchronous communications satellite
1980 Post It Notes are introduced
1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)- Challenger 5 is launched; 1st time 11 people in space
1992 Microsoft announced Windows 3.1
1776 Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat
1789 1st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York NY
1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee
1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
1869 1st plastic, Celluloid, patented
1886 City of Vancouver British Columbia Canada incorporated
1888 Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College
1889 George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time
1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary & Matthew Henson
1912 Electric starter 1st appeared in cars
1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare
1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar
1938 Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett
1941 Beginning of 3 day bombardment of Belgrade
1941 British General Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa
1941 German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes)
1943 British & US offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
1945 Coevorden freed from Nazi's
1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa
1945 US marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
1954 TV Dinner is 1st put on sale by Swanson & Sons
1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st commercial geosynchronous communications satellite
1980 Post It Notes are introduced
1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)- Challenger 5 is launched; 1st time 11 people in space
1992 Microsoft announced Windows 3.1
