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This Day in History May 8


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Posted by blue water massey on May 07, 2016 at 21:33:49 from (198.254.227.107):

May 8

1639 William Coddington founds Newport RI
1792 US establishes military draft
1840 Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process
1846 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto TX
1847 Robert Thompson patents rubber tire
1861 Richmond VA, is named the capital of the Confederacy
1862 Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell VA
1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway Bridge VA (Drewry's Bluff)
1864 Atlanta Campaign: Severe fighting near Dalton
1864 Battle of Antietam VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
1879 George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
1886 Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola"
1919 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane
1926 1st flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd)
1941 German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
1941 The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby
1942 Battle of Coral Sea ends; Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack
1943 Admiral Cunningham of British fleet: "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass"
1944 U-575 sinks Asphodel
1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
1945 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
1945 V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WWII ends in Europe
1952 Mad Magazine debuts
1961 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX
1961 Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
1974 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
1984 Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
1989 US space shuttle STS-30 lands


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