blue water massey
Well-known Member
July 2
1776 The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4
1867 1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
1900 The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany
1937 ? Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight
Birthdays:
1932 Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's
1937 Richard Petty auto race driver
Deaths:
1644 William Gascoigne introduced telescopic sights
1961 Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate
1964 Glenn "Fireball" Roberts biggest NASCAR money (at the time)
Thought for the day:
" I ain t broke, but I m badly bent. "
1776 The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4
1867 1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
1900 The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany
1937 ? Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight
Birthdays:
1932 Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's
1937 Richard Petty auto race driver
Deaths:
1644 William Gascoigne introduced telescopic sights
1961 Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate
1964 Glenn "Fireball" Roberts biggest NASCAR money (at the time)
Thought for the day:
" I ain t broke, but I m badly bent. "