This Day in History Sept. 7

Sept. 7

1714 Treaty of Baden-French retain Alsace, Austria gets right bank of Rhine
1776 Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor
1822 Brazil declares independence from Portugal
1860 Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
1863 Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
1864 Atlanta, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman
1876 In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens
1880 Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1896 A. H. Whiting won 1st closed-circuit auto race held
1903 Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
1907 RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City
1914 New York Post Office Building opens to the public
1927 Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV
1934 Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off NJ
1936 Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
1940 German Air Force blitz London for 1st of over 50 consecutive nights
1948 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
1956 Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+
1970 Donald Boyles sets record for highest paracute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of the 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado
1988 Security & Exchange Comm accuses Drexel of violating security laws

On this day 1945 I was born 70 yr today. Ed will

Happy Birthday Ed

Many More I Hope

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And lets not forget that I got married 57 years ago today.

And I still always get the last word - "Yes, Dear".

On this day 1945 I was born 70 yr today. Ed will

Re the Northfield, MN raid by the James gang: The outlaws had 2 or more revolvers each, no rifles. Citizens resisted the raid but first had to get guns. A
hardware owner handed out guns, one man with a shotgun fired at a robber but unfortunately had only birdshot which did not badly wound the robber. One man got
an old percussion 50 caliber carbine but only 4 paper cartridges and caps for it. His first shot missed a robber and his horse. After he reloaded he braced
the gun of an upstairs window sill and carefully shot another robber off his horse, killing him. A hardware owner took his personal 45-70 Remington rolling
block single shot rifle and killed a horse to deprive the outlaws behind it of cover. His rifle jammed(cartridge did not eject and he had to run back in his
store to get a ramrod). After clearing the jam he shot one robber in the hip. Next he shot, offhand at 80 yards, another robber and killed him. The man in the
window took his last shot hitting a robber in the elbow. The gang then rode out of town. Later the James boys split from the rest and escaped. The 4 other gang
members were later chased down. 3 of them were wounded and captured, the fourth killed by a sheriff armed with another single shot rifle. The whole episode
illustrates the superourity of rifles over pistols for outside serious events. Also, if shotguns are used at any distance buckshot its needed. There were 2
men with shotguns, one gun wouldn't fire. If both shotguns had buckshot and were firing, probably the gang wouldn't have made it out of town.

KEH