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1964 Event - 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)

1941 Death - Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59

1915 Event - Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service

1882 Birthday - Virginia Woolf, born in London, author, Jacob's Room, To Lighthouse

1881 Event - Lighthouse on Ameland begins operation

1854 Event - Lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island

1789 Event - Congress creates Department of War and Lighthouse Service

1716 Event - 1st lighthouse in U.S. lit (Boston Harbor)

1716 Event - 1st U.S. lighthouse built (Boston)









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