blue water massey
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Aug. 1
1498 Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela
1774 British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
1876 Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state
1903 1st coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY) completed
1957 The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
Birthdays:
1770 William Clark Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1779 Francis Scott Key composer (Star-Spangled Banner)
1889 Dr John F Mahoney developed pencillin treatment of syphillis
Deaths:
1903 Martha Jane Canary (Calamity Jane), American frontierswoman and scout
Thought for the day:
" The hardest thing to do is to disquise your feelings when sending a large crowd of visiting relatives home. "
1498 Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela
1774 British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
1876 Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state
1903 1st coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY) completed
1957 The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
Birthdays:
1770 William Clark Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1779 Francis Scott Key composer (Star-Spangled Banner)
1889 Dr John F Mahoney developed pencillin treatment of syphillis
Deaths:
1903 Martha Jane Canary (Calamity Jane), American frontierswoman and scout
Thought for the day:
" The hardest thing to do is to disquise your feelings when sending a large crowd of visiting relatives home. "
