blue water massey
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June 11
1775 The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel
1776 The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence
1788 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC
1805 A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory
1859 Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada
1895 Paris?Bordeaux?Paris is sometimes called the first automobile race in history
1896 US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized
1905 Penns Railroad debuts (then) fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs)
1919 Sir Barton becomes 1st horse to win the Triple Crown
1942 US & USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement
1944 USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned
1947 WW II sugar rationing finally ends
1955 1st jet magnesium airplane flown
1962 Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island
1970 US leaves Wheelus AFB Libya
1990 UN appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador
1991 Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0
1775 The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel
1776 The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence
1788 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC
1805 A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory
1859 Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada
1895 Paris?Bordeaux?Paris is sometimes called the first automobile race in history
1896 US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized
1905 Penns Railroad debuts (then) fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs)
1919 Sir Barton becomes 1st horse to win the Triple Crown
1942 US & USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement
1944 USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned
1947 WW II sugar rationing finally ends
1955 1st jet magnesium airplane flown
1962 Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island
1970 US leaves Wheelus AFB Libya
1990 UN appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador
1991 Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0