Thursday, September 07, 2006

This Day in History: September 7

On this day in 1776, during the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor. It was the first use of a submarine in warfare.
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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous9/07/2006 6:13 PM

    Was it legal for him to do that?

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