Cape Cod History

Cape Cod History
June 16, 2018 12:01 AM
June 16 - 1952: Seven lost in sailboat off Dennis, body found in rigging
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1999: Two whales rescued in Chatham
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June 15, 2018 12:01 AM
June 15 - 1955: Last leg of Mid-Cape Highway completed
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1986: Our two faces and three sides
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June 14, 2018 12:01 AM
June 14 - 1914: Big preparations for canal opening next month
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Cape Cod was preparing for the biggest celebration in its history
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June 13, 2018 12:01 AM
June 13 - 1814: The Battle of Wareham
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1898: Navy flagship runs aground off Highland Lighthouse. 1982: The way we were when
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June 12, 2018 12:01 AM
June 12 - 1959: Rail service ends on Cape Cod
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1959: Boston to Cape rail service to end in one week. 2007: That spring storm is still changing Chatham's barrier beach
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June 11, 2018 12:01 AM
June 11 - 1990: Cruise ship runs aground off Woods Hole
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1990: Passengers evacuated after cruise ship runs aground off Cape Cod. 2006: Rare pygmy whale strands at Dennis beach
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June 10, 2018 12:01 AM
June 10 - 1915: Cape Cod movie flops
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1925: Joe Lincoln's Cape Cod movie gets a thumbs down. 2006: Turtles off Endangered List
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June 9, 2018 12:02 AM
June 9 - 1914 - The Chatham Bars Inn opens
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1958: A president before JFK made the Cape a popular destination. 1953: Tornado kills 66 in Worcester
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June 8, 2018 12:01 AM
June 8 - 1931: Sub leaves Provincetown for North Pole
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Proved subs can operate beneath the polar ice cap
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June 7, 2018 12:01 AM
June 7 - 1987: Cape developer sells 'snob appeal' in Mashpee
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The developers are looking only for upper-income buyers.
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June 6, 2018 12:01 AM
June 6 - 1855: Nantucket's Black sea captain dies
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1888: Sixty-foot right whale slaughtered off Provincetown. 1969: RFK assassinated
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June 5, 2018 12:02 AM
June 5 - 1915: When Cape Cod "lakes" were stocked with Chinook Salmon
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1915: Salmon and Jitney tours on Cape Cod this summer. 2006: Provincetown allowed 7 more liquor stores
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June 4, 2018 12:01 AM
June 4 -1916: High gas prices force boatmen to return to sail
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2006: Arrest made in Falmouth murder case. 2007: Chatham beach break threatens 100 homes
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June 3, 2018 12:01 AM
June 3 - 1961: The White House moves to Cape Cod
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1893: America's first park system created by Massachusetts. 2007: Visa delays hold up seasonal staffers
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June 2, 2018 12:01 AM
June 2 - 1898: Unknown coaster in peril off Cape
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2007: Nantucket looks south for its wind farm
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June 1, 2018 12:01 AM
June 1 - 1884: Two schooners foundering off Highland Lighthouse
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Rescue ship burns a year later. 2007: "Chatham" movie debuts
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May 31, 2018 12:01 AM
May 31 - 1962: Flow of Blacks burdens Hyannis to embarrass presidential candidate Kennedy
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2006: Jay Cashman announces plan for three wind farms
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May 30, 2018 12:01 AM
May 30 - 1952: $4 a day for food and rooms were $2 a night
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1971: John Kerry's claim to fame. 2006: Five sailors survive gale for three days
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May 29, 2018 12:01 AM
May 29 - 1917: John F. Kennedy is born
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1971: Tenants block Sagamore Bridge protesting their eviction for tourists
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May 28, 2018 12:01 AM
May 28 - 1949: The day they said they had killed all the gypsy moths
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1913: Brewster man's religion costs him his hair
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May 27, 2018 12:01 AM
May 27 - 1968: Robert Kennedy heckled in Oregon over gun control, a week later he was dead
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1988: Rail service returns to Cape ~ A one-way ticket from New York will cost $44
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May 26, 2018 12:01 AM
May 26 - 1647: Puritans ban Catholic Priests; 1966: Cape Cod National Seashore dedicated
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Jesuit Priests are banned a under penalty of death. Cape Cod National Seashore opens
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May 25, 2018 12:01 AM
May 25 - 1963: Hyannisport discovers the flip side of fame
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2007: Seal rehab shut down as new pups are born; 2007: Cape Cod 'dune dwellers' lose bid for special status
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May 24, 2018 12:01 AM
May 24 - 1924: President dissed for "class legislation", i.e. Cape Cod Canal
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2005: Sierra Club endorses Cape Wind
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May 23, 2018 01:01 AM
May 23 - 1922: Free booze floats ashore
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1925: Legislating morality failed once before. 1982: "Save the Bales!"
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