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Lake Erie shipwreck court battle

Sep 18

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Th nine year legal battle over the two-masted wooden shipwreck off the shore of Dunkirk is over. Any  one ready for a dive?

The two-masted wooden shipwreck off the shore of Dunkirk is believed by some to be the War of 1812 battleship Caledonia.

http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/chautauqua-county/court-sinks-plan-to-raise-old-schooner-off-dunkirk-shore-20130906

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first submarine

May 17

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115 years ago, the first submarine with an internal combustion engine, the Holland VI was launched today in 1897.

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Amazon CEO fishes Apollo mission engines out of sea

Mar 29

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Bezos recovers Saturn V engines: Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos successfully recovered engines from a huge Saturn V rocket used in Apollo moon missions from the Atlantic ocean. IMAGE

http://news.msn.com/science-technology/amazon-ceo-fishes-apollo-mission-engines-out-of-sea

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168 years ago,

Dec 11

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Today in 1844 was the first time nitrous oxide was used as an anesthetic when dentist Horace Wells used it to perform an extraction.

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