blue water massey
Well-known Member
May 15
1672 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
1718 James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun
1755 Laredo, Texas is established by the Spaniards
1776 The Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of
independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence
1862 Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) VA
1862 Battle of Princeton WV
1862 Department of Agriculture created
1864 Battle of New Market VA
1864 Battle of Resaca GA (3rd day)
1864 Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)
1885 Canadian M?ti insurgent Louis Riel captured, Saskatchewan
1905 Las Vegas NV founded
1911 Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)
1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front
1918 1st regular airmail service (between New York, Philadelphia & Washington DC) inaugurated
1928 Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance, Plane Crazy
1940 German armour division moves into Northern France
1940 German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders
1941 1st British turbojet flies
1941 British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya
1942 Gasoline 1st rationed in US (17 Eastern States)
1942 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers
1943 Halifax bombers sinks U-463
1944 Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan
1951 AT&T becomes 1st corporation to have one million stockholders
1962 US marines arrive in Laos
1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched
1966 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists
1972 Ryukyu Island & Daito Island returned to Japan after 27 years of US control
1988 Moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afgh?nist
1672 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
1718 James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun
1755 Laredo, Texas is established by the Spaniards
1776 The Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of
independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence
1862 Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) VA
1862 Battle of Princeton WV
1862 Department of Agriculture created
1864 Battle of New Market VA
1864 Battle of Resaca GA (3rd day)
1864 Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)
1885 Canadian M?ti insurgent Louis Riel captured, Saskatchewan
1905 Las Vegas NV founded
1911 Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)
1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front
1918 1st regular airmail service (between New York, Philadelphia & Washington DC) inaugurated
1928 Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance, Plane Crazy
1940 German armour division moves into Northern France
1940 German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders
1941 1st British turbojet flies
1941 British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya
1942 Gasoline 1st rationed in US (17 Eastern States)
1942 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers
1943 Halifax bombers sinks U-463
1944 Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan
1951 AT&T becomes 1st corporation to have one million stockholders
1962 US marines arrive in Laos
1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched
1966 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists
1972 Ryukyu Island & Daito Island returned to Japan after 27 years of US control
1988 Moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afgh?nist
