blue water massey
Well-known Member
July 12
1774 Citizens of Carlisle, Penn. pass a declaration of independence
1812 US forces led by Gen Hull invade Canada (War of 1812)
1817 1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)
1859 Paper bag manufacturing machine patented by William Goodale, Mass
1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
1874 Ontario Agricultural College founded
1882 1st USA ocean amusement pier completed in Atlantic City (Howard's Folly)
1909 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)
1920 Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep
1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law ($0.33 per hour)
1934 US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned
1948 1st jets to fly across the Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)
1950 ILTF re-admit Germany & Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraw
1951 Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill
1957 1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower
1960 Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched
1960 USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
1962 1st time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)
1966 Race riot in Chicago
1966 US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price
1967 Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested
1971 Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders
1977 1st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise
1978 Sun Bank Building opens
1979 Kiribati (Gilbert & Ellice Is) gains independence from Britain
1982 FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail
1985 STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown
1988 USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit
1774 Citizens of Carlisle, Penn. pass a declaration of independence
1812 US forces led by Gen Hull invade Canada (War of 1812)
1817 1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)
1859 Paper bag manufacturing machine patented by William Goodale, Mass
1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
1874 Ontario Agricultural College founded
1882 1st USA ocean amusement pier completed in Atlantic City (Howard's Folly)
1909 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)
1920 Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep
1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law ($0.33 per hour)
1934 US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned
1948 1st jets to fly across the Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)
1950 ILTF re-admit Germany & Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraw
1951 Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill
1957 1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower
1960 Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched
1960 USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
1962 1st time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)
1966 Race riot in Chicago
1966 US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price
1967 Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested
1971 Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders
1977 1st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise
1978 Sun Bank Building opens
1979 Kiribati (Gilbert & Ellice Is) gains independence from Britain
1982 FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail
1985 STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown
1988 USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit
