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Monitor


1987 Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot

1974 "Monitor" (U.S. Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras North Carolina

1960 "Flair" (CBS' answer to Monitor) premieres on radio with Dick Van Dyke

1938 Steve Delaney, Dobbs Ferry, New York, newscaster, Monitor

1910 Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies

1862 Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank off Cape Hatteras, NC

1862 "Monitor" (Union) and "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads

1862 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor

1862 U.S. Navy's 1st ironclad warship, the Monitor, launched

1803 John Ericsson, U.S., inventor, screw propeller, shipbuilder-USS Monitor

1796 1st U.S. newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor)

1780 1st British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette and Sunday Monitor)


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