blue water massey
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May 28
1754 George Washington defeats French & Indians at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh)
1774 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)
1818 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched
1830 Pres. Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans
1863 1st black regiment (54 Massachusetts) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War
1915 John B Gruelle patents Raggedy Ann doll
1923 Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere
1928 Dodge Brothers Inc & Chrysler Corp merged
1937 Volkswagen (VW), the German automobile manufacturer is founded
1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up
1940 British-French troops capture Narvik Norway
1941 British army begins evacuation of Kreta
1943 British militia reaches Tito
1959 Monkeys Able & Baker zoom into space, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission
1961 Amnesty International is founded
1964 Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit
1971 USSR Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars
1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate
1975 Soyuz 18 launches
1987 Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot
1997 Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight
1754 George Washington defeats French & Indians at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh)
1774 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)
1818 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched
1830 Pres. Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans
1863 1st black regiment (54 Massachusetts) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War
1915 John B Gruelle patents Raggedy Ann doll
1923 Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere
1928 Dodge Brothers Inc & Chrysler Corp merged
1937 Volkswagen (VW), the German automobile manufacturer is founded
1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up
1940 British-French troops capture Narvik Norway
1941 British army begins evacuation of Kreta
1943 British militia reaches Tito
1959 Monkeys Able & Baker zoom into space, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission
1961 Amnesty International is founded
1964 Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit
1971 USSR Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars
1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate
1975 Soyuz 18 launches
1987 Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot
1997 Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight