Quarterman Dates

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@quarterman.com>]

   [1]Tomorrow:
   August 14

   1248:  Cologne Cathedral begun, Rebuilding after a fire of the largest
   Gothic church in northern Europe, the Cologne Cathedral, was begun, to
   be  completed  after 632 years, on 14 August 1880. First church on the
   site 873.

   1699: Unicorn at NY, The Unicorn reaches New York.

   1700:  Rising Sun dismasted, The Rising Sun dismasted in a gale in the
   Gulf of Florida, sails on northwards.

   1880:  Cologne  Cathedral  finished,  The  largest  Gothic  church  in
   northern Europe, the Cologne Cathedral, was completed after 632 years.
   Rebuilding  had  begun  Aug. 14, 1248. A fire wrecked the old church .
   First church on the site 873.

   1898: Spanish-American War [end], Source: ToW

   1945:  VJ  Day, Allied Victory over Japan; end of hostilities of World
   War II.

   1945: WW II [end],

References

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