This day in history - June 1

[seamusTX]

1792 - Kentucky became the 15th state.

1796 - Tennessee became the 16th state.

What I find interesting here is how fast the western frontier was expanding at that early time.

1813 - Capt. James Lawrence, the mortally wounded commander of the frigate Chesapeake, said "Don't give up the ship." He died three days later.

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1868 - The Texas constitutional convention met in Austin.

- Jim