This week in Delaware history

By Roger Martin
Special to the Coastal Point

July 14

1954 — The Korean Conflict ended with Delaware having sent 12,000 men and women into that “forgotten war.” Some 43 Delawareans were killed and 185 wounded.

July 15

1954 — Television station WBOC-TV began telecasting in Salisbury, Md. Since then, much of its signal has penetrated Sussex and Kent counties.

July 16

1943 — A federal grand jury in Wilmington brought suit against 18 poultry buyers for paying bonuses above the ceiling price to Delaware poultry growers.

July 17

2001 — The Motiva refinery in Delaware City suffered a fire that ruptured a tank filled with 660,000 gallons of sulfuric acid. Eight workers were injured, while a leather boot was all that was found of the ninth casualty.

July 18

1775 — Witnesses testified that Sussex landowner Thomas Robinson had chastised those who opposed the British Crown in its relations with the Colonies.

July 19

2002 — After a $470,000 renovation, the Georgetown Circle was reopened. Designed by Dover landscape architect Matt Spong, a three-tiered fountain with a 30-foot diameter was the centerpiece of the creation.

July 20

1701 — The people of the “Lower Three Counties of Pennsylvania” (Delaware) requested a separate assembly of William Penn.