blue water massey
Well-known Member
Apr. 10
1606 The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America
1790 US Patent system is established
1790 Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth
1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh PA
1849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York NY); sold rights for $100
1863 Rebel General Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin TN
1865 At Appomattox, General Lee issues General Order #9, his last
1866 American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms
1877 1st human cannonball act performed in London
1878 California State Cable Car Railroad Company starts service
1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA
1930 Synthetic rubber 1st produced
1939 Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania
1941 German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica
1943 General Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia
1944 Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazi's
1945 Canadian troops conquer Deventer
1945 German troops attack Ijsselbrug
1945 US troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa
1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
1963 Thresher, US atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston
1972 For the 1st time since Nov. 1967, US B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing N Vietnam
1972 US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
1979 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian
1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
1989 Intel corp announces shipment of the 80486 chip
1606 The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America
1790 US Patent system is established
1790 Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth
1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh PA
1849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York NY); sold rights for $100
1863 Rebel General Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin TN
1865 At Appomattox, General Lee issues General Order #9, his last
1866 American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms
1877 1st human cannonball act performed in London
1878 California State Cable Car Railroad Company starts service
1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA
1930 Synthetic rubber 1st produced
1939 Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania
1941 German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica
1943 General Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia
1944 Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazi's
1945 Canadian troops conquer Deventer
1945 German troops attack Ijsselbrug
1945 US troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa
1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
1963 Thresher, US atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston
1972 For the 1st time since Nov. 1967, US B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing N Vietnam
1972 US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
1979 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian
1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
1989 Intel corp announces shipment of the 80486 chip