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Sept. 14, 1716: Boston Harbor Gets Navigation

1716: Boston Light, the first lighthouse in the New World, starts guiding ships into Boston Harbor. As early as the late 17th century, settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony guided ships into Boston...

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May 17, 1970: The Boat Is Seaworthy and, Yes, We Can All Get Along

1970: Thor Heyerdahl sets sail with his crew from Safi, Morocco, aboard Ra II. He will attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a boat built of reeds and succeed where the previous expedition aboard Ra I...

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Nov. 1, 1859: A Welcome Sight for Those in Peril Upon the Sea

The lighthouse at Cape Lookout, North Carolina, casts its first beam out to sea.

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