Cape Cod History

Cape Cod History
December 25, 2018 12:01 AM
December 25 - 1939: Flying Santa "bombs" our lighthouses
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1621: Pilgrims forbid the playing of games on Christmas day. 1651: Massachusetts citizens fined for observing Christmas
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December 24, 2018 12:01 AM
December 24 - 1659: Puritans outlaw Christmas
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1659: Christmas called a "profane and superstitious custom". 1927: Three aviation pioneers vanish after flying over Cape Cod. 1906: First music broadcast. 1946: First Solar-Heated home
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December 23, 2018 12:01 AM
December 23 - 1906: Opposition fails to thwart major Cape Cod coastal project
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Canal will shorten the route between Boston and New York by 125 miles
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December 22, 2018 12:01 AM
December 22 - 1967: Historic Naushon whistle moved to new ferry
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1967: Steamer Naushon whistle to sound on SS Nantucket
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December 21, 2018 12:01 AM
December 21 - 1924: Prohibition-era booze washes ashore
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Prohibition didn't even work in the Garden of Eden. Adam ate the apple. 1620: Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock, maybe
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December 20, 2018 12:01 AM
December 20 - 1620: The Mayflower departs Provincetown for Plymouth
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2007: Coast Guard saves sailor in 29-foot sailboat
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December 19, 2018 12:01 AM
December 19 - 1987: "Tainted fish found in dead whales on Cape Cod"
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1998: Delahunt's call for Clinton censure rejected
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December 18, 2018 12:01 AM
December 18 - 2003: JFK statue design approved
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David Lewis' revised design for a statue of John F. Kennedy to be placed in front of the JFK Museum in Hyannis
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December 17, 2018 12:00 AM
December 17 - 1927: Coast Guard Cutter sinks sub off Provincetown
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2007: Another victim of the 1927 tragedy remembered
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December 16, 2018 12:01 AM
December 16 - 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
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2007: No d'oh at Pilgrim Nuclear
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December 15, 2018 12:01 AM
December 15 - 1976: Argo Merchant runs aground, sinks on Nantucket Shoals
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2007: CG medevacs sub crewman. 2007: Erica Chase catches a break
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December 14, 2018 12:01 AM
December 14 - 1933: Columbia crew coach shot to death in Chatham
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37 year-old coach discovered in Chatham covered with snow, shot by own gun while climbing a fence. 1976: Argo Merchant runs aground on Nantucket Shoals
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December 13, 2018 12:01 AM
December 13 - 1621: The Fortune sets sail from Plymouth for home
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1839: Three storms in twelve days sink over 300 ships. 1636: The National Guard is born here
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December 12, 2018 12:01 AM
December 12 -1973: Our first Summer White House destroyed by fire
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1990: Fifty-five whales beach. 2003: Two presidential candidates here
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December 11, 2018 12:01 AM
December 11 - 1896: Cape to get trolley line from end to end
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1988: "The Cape Cod cranberry cure". 2004: Serious oil spill in Hyannis Harbor. 1620: Pilgrims land on "The Rock".
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December 10, 2018 12:01 AM
December 10 - 1863: Confederates seize Steamer off Cape Cod
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1984: Bodies of three men found in Bay. 2003: Cape Cod Bank & Trust sold to Banknorth
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December 9, 2018 12:01 AM
December 9 - 2005: Epic Blizzard hits Cape Cod
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95 mph wind gusts in Nantucket Sound
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December 8, 2018 12:01 AM
December 8 - 1914: Storm dooms six-masted schooner
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1989: Panel urges beach restoration. 2002: Whale watch boat on the Hudson River
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December 7, 2018 12:01 AM
December 7 - 1900: Swift remembers his Cape Cod roots
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1941: Pearl Harbor attacked. 1973: Coast Guard prevents fishing boat from sinking
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December 6, 2018 12:01 AM
December 6 - 2006: Cape Cod's "Osterville Madam" busted
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1963: Theodore White eulogy for JFK links Kennedys and Camelot
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December 5, 2018 12:01 AM
December 5 - 1893: Twenty-four dead as Square-rigger Jason shipwrecks off Truro
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1988: "Five bodies prompt hunt for a slayer"
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December 4, 2018 12:01 AM
December 4 - 1984: Eight die as dozens of whales beach on Cape Cod
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1998: Cod fishing stock collapses. 2000: Assault charges dropped against Bill Koch
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December 3, 2018 12:01 AM
December 3 - 1654: Quakers are not wanted here
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Plymouth Court clamps down on Quakers en route to Sandwich
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December 2, 2018 12:01 AM
December 2 - 1620: Ominous initial contact between Indians and Pilgrims
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Their "first impressions" of each other were not so hot
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December 1, 2018 12:01 AM
December 1 - 1944: Hurricane ends third wettest November in history
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2001: Farewell to last USO center on Cape Cod
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