This date in history

[SIZE=7]First roller coaster in America opens[/SIZE]
On June 16, 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, [New York]('https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york'). Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per hour and cost a nickel to ride. The new entertainment was an instant success and by the turn of the century there were hundreds of roller coasters around the country.

Coney Island, a name believed to have come from the Dutch Konijn Eilandt, or Rabbit Island, is a tract of land along the Atlantic Ocean discovered by explorer [Henry Hudson]('https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/henry-hudson') in 1609. The first hotel opened at Coney Island in 1829 and by the post-[Civil War]('https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history') years, the area was an established resort with theaters, restaurants and a race track. Between 1897 and 1904, three amusement parks sprang up at Coney Island–Dreamland, Luna Park and Steeplechase. By the 1920s, Coney Island was reachable by subway and summer crowds of a million people a day flocked there for rides, games, sideshows, the beach and the two-and-a-half-mile boardwalk, completed in 1923.

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On June 16, 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, [New York]('https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york'). Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per hour and cost a nickel to ride. The new entertainment was an instant success and by the turn of the century there were hundreds of roller coasters around the country.

Coney Island, a name believed to have come from the Dutch Konijn Eilandt, or Rabbit Island, is a tract of land along the Atlantic Ocean discovered by explorer [Henry Hudson]('https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/henry-hudson') in 1609. The first hotel opened at Coney Island in 1829 and by the post-[Civil War]('https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history') years, the area was an established resort with theaters, restaurants and a race track. Between 1897 and 1904, three amusement parks sprang up at Coney Island–Dreamland, Luna Park and Steeplechase. By the 1920s, Coney Island was reachable by subway and summer crowds of a million people a day flocked there for rides, games, sideshows, the beach and the two-and-a-half-mile boardwalk, completed in 1923.

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[[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Neil Armstrong[/COLOR]]('https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Neil+Armstrong') born in 1930

The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima killing up to 140,000.

On 6 August 1945, a US bomber dropped the uranium bomb above the city. 80,000 died immediately with an estimated 60,000 others perishing over the next couple of weeks.

On the ninth they dropped fat man

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Presidential action just outside while visiting Gene Tunney outside my "Hahbah"...

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President Vacations in Maine. Under Secretary of the Navy Paul Fay, President Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy Lawford. Boothbay Harbor, ME, aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter “Guardian 1”. Photo 194209 courtesy of the National Archives

Aug. 12, 1962: Taking the wheel of the U.S. Coast Guard yacht Manitou, President John F. Kennedy begins a weekend getaway off the coast of Boothbay Harbor with his family. They travel to John’s Island, located in John’s Bay and owned by former heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney.

His only mainland activity is attending Mass on Sunday morning, Sept. 14, at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Boothbay Harbor. When a boat carrying the president arrives from the island, it is going too fast and it breaks four pilings on Kenneth Brown’s wharf. Brown says later he received compensation for the damage.

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President John F. Kennedy at the helm of the U.S. Coast Guard Yacht “Manitou” in Boothbay Harbor on Aug. 12, 1962. Photo by Robert Knudsen courtesy of the National Archives
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Big day in Maine on a World History plane...

The battle was observed by folks standing where that AM lighthouse is, which wasn't there until 1827...

[SIZE=7]On this date in Maine history: Sept. 5[/SIZE]
[pressherald.com/2020/09/05/on-this-date-in-maine-history-sept-5/]('https://www.pressherald.com/2020/09/05/on-this-date-in-maine-history-sept-5/')

By Joseph OwenSeptember 5, 2020

Sept. 5, 1813: In a War of 1812 encounter, the U.S. brigantine Enterprise intercepts the British brigantine Boxer as it chases and fires upon a merchant ship heading to port in Bath. Capt. Samuel Blyth, 29, the British commander, was trying to disrupt commerce along the New England coast, especially in Maine.

After a morning of drifting near Monhegan Island with no wind and being too far apart for battle, the two ships move closer to one another when the wind picks up in the afternoon.

In a fierce, closely fought engagement, the ships blast each other with cannon fire for a half-hour. The Enterprise’s first volley kills Blyth immediately. Moments later, Lt. William Burrows, also 29, in charge of the Enterprise, is struck mortally in the thigh. He survives long enough to accept the sword of Boxer’s replacement in surrender, then is taken below deck and dies eight hours later.

The victorious Enterprise arrives two days later in Portland with the Boxer in tow. The captains are buried together in the city’s Eastern Cemetery.

This event earned TR's Nobel Peace Prize, the first US President to be so honored:

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Detail of a postcard celebrating the signing of the Portsmouth Treaty. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress

Sept. 5, 1905: Russia and Japan, after weeks of talks at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, sign the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War.

The war resulted from the two empires’ competing ambitions to carve out spheres of influence in Manchuria and Korea. When negotiations failed, Japan struck the Russian Eastern Fleet in a surprise attack in Port Arthur, China.

The 1905 peace talks bogged down when Japan demanded that Russia pay reparations. It the end, Russia agrees to pay nothing and the two nations divide Sakhalin Island.

President Theodore Roosevelt’s remote but personal management of the negotiations wins him the Nobel Peace Prize and accolades from other world leaders.

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