Milestones and memory dates from 1830 to present
Major historical notes span 1830 first passenger train by Baltimore and Ohio to 1844 Morse telegraph line, 1893 Anti Saloon League, 1941 Bismarck Hood clash, 1944 Terracina capture, 1960s Dien Bien Phu, 1969 Dulles death, 1971 Wallace desegregation bid, 2024 federal wood use about 68 million cords.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Samuel F.B. Morse
Washington
Baltimore
AntiSaloon League
Ober
Music gifts for Polaris subs spark new tape effort
Mendenhall, senior administrator at Lockheed Missiles and Space, conceived a project using 250000 feet of stereo music taped as gifts for Polaris submarines. The effort began after Theodore Roosevelt submarines adopted a high fidelity tape system. He has recorded 30 hours for that sub and continued the work since.
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Mendenhall
Lockheed Missiles and Space Co
Theodore Roosevelt
Manhattan Purchase Recounts 1626 Event in History
On May 2, 1626, Peter Minuit, then director general of the West India Company, purchased the island of Manhattan from Native Americans for goods valued at 24 in today’s money. The item marks Today In History with a note of the historic exchange and the legacy of colonial commerce.
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Peter
Minuit
West India Trading Company
Serviceman Wayne Massey Returns From Duty
Wayne Massey son of Mr and Mrs merges Meadoss Kingham Road has returned to the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort South Carolina after completing a tour of duty at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maree Lange
Wayne Massey
and Merge Meadoss
Kingham Road
Marine Corps Air Station
Beaufort
S.C
Guantanamo Bay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lin
Ohio
Bismarck
Hood
Terracina
Italy
Dienbienphu
Vie- Nam
Genevieve de Galard-Terraube
John Foster Dulles
Justice Department
George C. Wallace
Alabama
University of Alabama
U. S
Black
Lawrence Gross
Supreme Pump
Life Stride
Caron
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!