Chemical Engineering - 1926

• Robert Goddard fires his first liquid-fuel rocket. (1926)
• A general strike in Britain brings the nation's activities to a standstill.
• US marines are dispatched to Nicaragua during a revolt; they remain there until 1933.
• Gertrude Ederle of the US is the first woman to swim the English Channel.

College of Engineering, 1926. (1926 GEMS)