Quarterman Dates

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

   [1]Tomorrow:
   December 31

   1460: Battle of Wakefield,
   
   1460: Battle of Wakefield,
   
   1775: Battle of Quebec,

   1805: End of French Republican calendar,

   1857: Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as new capital of Canada,

   1862:  Merrimac  sinks  Monitor, Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank at
   Cape Hatteras NC.

   1862: WV, US President Lincoln signs an act admitting West Virginia to
   the Union.

   1881: Rev. Barrows resigns,

   1890: Ellis Island, opens as a US immigration depot.

   1946: end of WW II, US President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims.

   1961:  Marshall Plan expires, after distributing more than $12 billion
   As  the war-torn nations of Europe faced famine and economic crisis in
   the  wake  of  World War II, the United States proposed to rebuild the
   continent  in  the interest of political stability and a healthy world
   economy.  On  June  5,  1947,  in  a  commencement  address at Harvard
   University,  Secretary  of  State  George C. Marshall first called for
   American  assistance  in  restoring  the  economic  infrastructure  of
   Europe.   Western   Europe   responded   favourably,  and  the  Truman
   administration    proposed   legislation.   The   resulting   Economic
   Cooperation  Act of 1948 restored European agricultural and industrial
   productivity. Credited with preventing famine and political chaos, the
   plan  later  earned General Marshall a Nobel Peace Prize. The plan was
   an unprecedented act of generosity that should never be forgotten.

   1974:  gold  legal, US citizens allowed to buy & own gold for 1st time
   in 40 years.

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