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1592: Magellen with Vittoria returns to Spain, after the first round world trip. 1622: Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die. 1628: Puritans land at Salem, from Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1716: The first US lighthouse built (Boston). 1776: The first (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of NY). 1819: Thomas Blanchard patents the lathe. 1861: Civil War: General Grant occupies Paducah Kentucky. 1862: Civil War: Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland. 1863: Civil War: After 59 day siege, Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner SC (1700 casualties). 1869: The first westbound train arrives in San Francisco. 1901: President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later. 1913: The first aircraft to perform a loop (Adolphe P'goud-France). 1917: French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft. 1939: Cherokee Nation forms. 1939: WWII: The first German air attack on Great-Britain. 1966: "Star Trek" premieres on NBC TV. 1970: Palestinians seize 3 jetliners. 1976: Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet. 1997: Princess Diana's funeral.
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Photograph: Daniel J. Evans

Daniel J. Evans

Daniel J. Evans (1849-1922) son of William T. and Martha Evans. Taken in Hot Springs, Arkansas. In an album believed to belong to Gwennie (Evans) Kraus. Taken in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Photo courtesy of Ann (Kraus) Ferguson. [000121]