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This Day in History Apr. 8


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Posted by blue water massey on April 07, 2016 at 21:45:00 from (198.254.227.107):

Apr. 8

1665 English colonial patents are granted for the establishment of the Monmouth Tract, for what would eventually become Monmouth County in northeastern New Jersey
1766 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley & chain
1861 US mint at Dahlonega GA seized by confederacy
1862 John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser
1864 Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by General Richard Taylor
1865 General Robert E Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House in Virginia
1869 American Museum of Natural History opens (New York NY)
1873 The White Star steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia
1879 Milk is sold in glass bottles for 1st time
1891 The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois
1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified
1914 US & Colombia sign a treaty concerning the Panamá Canal Zone
1933 Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror
1935 The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law
1940 Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
1942 The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines
1945 Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi General Christiansen flees Netherlands
1946 League of Nations assembles for last time
1959 A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL
1960 Netherlands & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties
1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched
1966 OAO 1, the 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, is launched
1974 Discovery Island opens
1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel CA


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