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Vessels


1952 18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB)

1883 Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in U.S. navy

1880 Ole Bull, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater, dies of cancer, at home on Lysoen island, extensive funeral procession had 15 steamers, other vessels, transporting his body

1849 Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln

1828 More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar

1794 Congress bans U.S. vessels from supplying slaves to other countries

1779 English fleet beat Dutch Merchant vessels


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