He was ready & he fired May 1, 1898
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The Battle of Manila Bay - May 01, 1898 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, The Battle of Manila Bay on May 01, 1898. ... Dewey turned to the captain of his flagship, the Olympia, and said, You may fire when ready, Gridley. ... He met with his captains and ordered the crews a second breakfast.
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George Dewey - The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War ...  George Dewey - The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War (Hispanic ... During the Civil War he served with Admiral Farragut during the Battle of New ... ammunition, and other needed supplies so that his fleet would be prepared if war broke ... On May 1, he engaged the Spanish forces and demolished them, inflicting...
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"YOU MAY FIRE WHEN YOU ARE READY, GRIDLEY." : January ...  Aug 19, 1998 ... Just after midnight on May 1, 1898, the USS Olympia led the United States's Asiatic ... He spent the remainder of the war on blockade duty.
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Battle of Manila Bay - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  On May 1, 1898, at Manila Bay in the Philippines, the U.S. Asiatic Squadron ... to the captain of his flagship, the Olympia, and said, You may fire when ready, Gridley. ... He met with his captains and ordered the crews a second breakfast.
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Battle of Manila Bay (1898) - Wikipedia  The Battle of Manila Bay took place on 1 May 1898, during the SpanishAmerican War. ... At 5:41 with the now famous phrase, "You may fire when ready, Gridley," the Olympia's captain was instructed to begin the ... To preserve morale, he informed the crews that the halt in the battle was to allow the crews to have breakfast.
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37 Weeks: Sherman on the March - | Georgia Public Broadcasting  General William Tecumseh Sherman and his 110,000 Union soldiers prepare to ... It is late April, 1864. ... 44-year-old William Tecumseh Sherman, the man who vows to make Georgia howl. ... In the last week of May, 1864, Johnston's Confederate army forms a ... He orders an attack, and soon, the battle is hand-to-hand.
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Edwin M. Stanton - The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson  Beginning in childhood, he suffered from asthma throughout his life. ... After first suspending Stanton in August 1867, Johnson fired the Secretary in February...
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Assassination of William McKinley - Wikipedia  The 25th President of the United States, William McKinley, was shot and fatally wounded on ... In September 1901, William McKinley was at the height of his power as ... without protection, and in Washington went on drives with his wife without ..... at lunch in an Exposition restaurant that the President might be shot during the...
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How Abraham Lincoln Fired General John C. Fremont | Owlcation  May 11, 2016 ... The president knew that Fremont would do everything he could, short of outright ... Explorer John C. Fremont in 1852 | Source ... him in position to become the first Republican candidate for President in 1856. ... When the Civil War broke out, President Lincoln appointed the Pathfinder a Major General and...
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Please begin Yarnell Hill Fire Chapter XXIV here - Investigative MEDIA  Aug 30, 2016 ... Losing almost an entire hotshot crew like that.under those circumstances .... I guess what I am getting atis that I don't want Sonny or Tex or ...... My Mexican wife used to say you can put a suit on a man but if he ...... him up in Mexico, gave him a shot of tequila that conked him out so I could bring him in.
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Leon Czolgosz and the Trial - Pan-American Exposition of 1901 ...  On September 5, 1901 Leon Czolgosz unsuccessfully sought an opportunity to assassinate President McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo.
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The Death of President Lincoln, 1865 - EyeWitness to History  Secretary of War Edwin Stanton pleaded with the president not to go out at night ... She relented. ... Mary reached out to her slumping husband and began shrieking. ... night of April 14, he was awakened with the news that Lincoln had been shot. ... If not he came in soon after, as did Speaker Colfax, Mr. Secretary McCulloch,...
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Grammar Archives  The Paris Review | The Paris Review  But when I'm off duty, you better believe the periods are the first thing to go, am I right? As Jeff ... date on June 4 and, as one of them modestly put it, 'set Ankara on fire' with a concert and teach-in. .... There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake. Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington.
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"A Message to Garca": Elbert Hubbard's Paean to Perseverance  By 1898, Cubans had already been waging an armed struggle for independence from Spain for three years. ... The President must secure his cooperation, and quickly. What to do! Someone said ... Rowan was sent for and given a letter to be delivered to Garca. ... Can such a man be entrusted to carry a message to Garca?
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Jeopary Questions page 1764 - THE CORONER STORE ...  MIND YOUR BUSINESS: In 1937 this French leather-goods maker produced its .... THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: During the winter of 1778-79, this Prussian wrote the first American Army ... THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: During the war this silversmith had a booming business casting cannons for the Continental Army.
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General William Tecumseh Sherman - Forgotten Delights  Mid-September 1864: Sherman evacuates Atlanta ... documents - particularly the one written to the Mayor of Atlanta, dated September 12th. ... William Tecumseh Sherman, September 12, 1864 ... Mayor of Atlanta to Sherman, 9/11/1864 ..... War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country...
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J! Archive - Show #4955, aired 2006-03-10  Early in the morning of August 3, 1923 he was sworn in as U.S. president ... Grammar alert: there's a split one of these in the phrase "He chose...
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Jeopary Questions page 2124 - THE ELEMENTS - TriviaBistro.com  REALITY SHOWS OF THE PAST: In 1944's version of "The Apprentice", Von Stauffenberg was fired by a squad after he tried to fire this leader  COCKNEY...
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Gatling Gun - American Civil War Story  The Gatling gun was the first easily usable, and reliable machine gun to be ... Not to mention the fact that it could fire 150-200 rounds per minute. ... in 1861, but was not ready for testing until July of 1862, when it was test fired at Indianapolis. ... Throughout the rest of his life, Gatling would go on to invent a wheat planting drill...
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Comment: One man remembers how Watergate unfolded  Jun 17, 2012 ... Comment: One man remembers how Watergate unfolded ... 1973, "People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook." ... I was asking these two questions: First, if the Fourth Amendment...
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Sold - Harry Truman: I Fired Macarthur for Insubordination | The ...  Under the Constitution military commanders are subordinate to top civil authority.... ... watch the North Koreans be defeated and have an enemy military on their border. ... On April 11, 1951 President Truman, with the backing of the Joint Chiefs of ... Truman believed his actions were fully justified and here explains why in a...