Cape Cod History

Cape Cod History
July 7, 2019 12:01 AM
July 7 - 1959: Stockholder sues Cranberry Association
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A couple months before the Cranberry Scare
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July 6, 2019 12:01 AM
July 6 - 1950: Take the train to a pirate's treasure
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And it's buried right here on Olde Cape Cod
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July 5, 2019 12:01 AM
July 5 - 1960: Soviets shoot down U.S. plane south of Cape Cod
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1967: Lights on again on Cape Cod, Playhouse in Provincetown goes on by candlelight
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July 4, 2019 12:01 AM
July 4 - 1826: Adams and Jefferson die on July Fourth
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1967: Cape Cod is blacked out for the Fourth, Baby Boom 9 months later
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July 3, 2019 12:01 AM
July 3 - 1957: Ike plans to vacation here
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1957: President Eisenhower to vacation on Cape Cod. 1924: Canal shares selling for a good price in New York
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July 2, 2019 12:01 AM
July 2 - 2006: The day Cape Cod lost its tugboat
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Tugboat at Buzzards Bay Rotary to be destroyed
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July 1, 2019 12:01 AM
July 1 - 1963: First Lady on Cape for the 4th of July holiday
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Jackie Kennedy made America more beautiful
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June 30, 2019 12:00 AM
June 30 - 1911: Coastal steamer sinks fishing schooner
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Steamer Nacoohee sinks Catherine Allen - Sank another ship five years earlier
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June 29, 2019 12:01 AM
June 29 - 1928: The Steamer Evangeline crashes into a freighter in the fog off Monomoy Island
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Wreckers speed to salvage freighter
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June 28, 2019 12:01 AM
June 28 - 1937: Man weds at Cape Cod Hospital after appendicitis attack
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Charles E. Rogers 3d marries Doris Bartlett Draper 13 hours after his operation
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June 27, 2019 12:01 AM
June 27 - 1933: Trawler hits newsprint freighter off Highland Light
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2006: The tugboat at the Bourne Rotary is razed
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June 26, 2019 12:01 AM
June 26 - 1966: Family of six dies in Barnstable Airport crash - worst in Cape's history
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1926: Three die as Cape Codder train hits blown up locomotive
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June 25, 2019 12:01 AM
June 25 - 1910: Cape Cod's villages never more attractive
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The coming season will go on record as the liveliest in history
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June 24, 2019 12:01 AM
June 24 - 1675: The bloodiest war in America's history begins
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1675: King Philip's War. 1979: Cape Cod lesson in the oil crises
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June 23, 2019 12:01 AM
June 23 -1933: Barge full of rocks sinks, blocks canal for a day, ships forced to detour
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1933: Canal closed, barge full of rocks hits rock and sinks; 2007. Julie Harris gets a stage to call her own
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June 22, 2019 12:01 AM
June 22 - 1912: When tourism was a much simpler matter
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1912: "Old Home Week' celebrated in Harwich. 2007: Feds arrest 18 Nantucket migrant workers
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June 21, 2019 12:01 AM
June 21 - 1768: James Otis Jr. gives "Birth of Independence" speech
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1952: Hero captain goes down with his ship. 2006: Wi-fi network planned for Cape
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June 20, 2019 12:01 AM
June 20 - 1933: President holds economic conference off Provincetown
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President Roosevelt chooses Cape Cod to outline plans for recovery
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June 19, 2019 12:01 AM
June 19 - 2006: Study finds PAVE PAWS doesn't cause cancer
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Millions have been spent in search for connections
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June 18, 2019 12:01 AM
June 18 - 1936: Sixteen "polite little Indians"
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2006: Circuit City coming to Hyannis
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June 17, 2019 12:01 AM
June 17 - 1928: Government pays off Canal bonds
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German U-boats made it a success
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June 16, 2019 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, 2019 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, 2019 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, 2019 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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