blue water massey
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May 16
1771 The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, NC
1804 Senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France
1817 Mississippi River steamboat service begins
1843 The 1st major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail
1861 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality
1863 Battle of Champion's Hill MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign
1864 Battle of Bermuda Hundred VA
1864 Last battles at Drewry's Bluff VA
1866 Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer
1866 Congress authorizes nickel 5? piece (replaces silver half-dime)
1868 US President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote
1872 Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time
1891 George A Hormel & Company introduce Spam
1914 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
1927 Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax
1940 Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers
1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)
1943 German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw
1943 RAF bombs M?hne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr)
1945 Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa
1957 US launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT
1958 Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico
1958 Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter
1965 Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam
1966 National Welfare Rights Organization begins
1969 US sub Guitarro sinks at the pier at San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA
1969 Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere
1975 Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mount Everest's summit
1991 Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address US congress
1992 US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour)
1771 The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, NC
1804 Senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France
1817 Mississippi River steamboat service begins
1843 The 1st major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail
1861 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality
1863 Battle of Champion's Hill MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign
1864 Battle of Bermuda Hundred VA
1864 Last battles at Drewry's Bluff VA
1866 Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer
1866 Congress authorizes nickel 5? piece (replaces silver half-dime)
1868 US President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote
1872 Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time
1891 George A Hormel & Company introduce Spam
1914 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
1927 Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax
1940 Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers
1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)
1943 German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw
1943 RAF bombs M?hne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr)
1945 Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa
1957 US launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT
1958 Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico
1958 Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter
1965 Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam
1966 National Welfare Rights Organization begins
1969 US sub Guitarro sinks at the pier at San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA
1969 Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere
1975 Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mount Everest's summit
1991 Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address US congress
1992 US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour)
