January
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3 – 1845 – Birth of Jan Czerski – first map of Lake Baikal
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5 – 1781 – Richmond, VA burned by the British
6 – 1759 – George Washington marries Martha Custis
7 – 1980 – U.S. government bails out Chrysler with $1.5 billion
8 – 1815 – Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans
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10 – 1992 – Friendly Floaties spilled in the Pacific Ocean
11 – 1942 – Japanese forces takes Kuala Lumpur
12 – 1915 – Rocky Mountain National Park is created
13 – 1982 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into Potomac River
14 – 1942 – Guadalcanal: Operation Ke begins
15 – 1942 – Japan invades Burma
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17 – 1971 – Birth of Richard Burns
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19 – 1977 – Snow falls in Miami, FL
20 – 1942 – Wannsee Conference & Final Solution
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22 – 1944 – U.S. forces land at Anzio, Italy
23 – 1943 – Guadalcanal: The Gifu falls to Americans
24 – 1961 – B-52 crash with Mk39 Hydrogen bombs near Goldsboro, NC
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26 – 1905 – Birth of Maria von Trapp
27 – 1945 – Auschwitz liberated by Soviet armies
28 – 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
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30 – 1945 – Russian sub S-13 sinks Wilhelm Gustloff
31 – 1943 – Friedrich Paulus surrenders in Stalingrad
February
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2 – 1974 – First official flight of General Dynamics F-16
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4 – 1789 – First Electoral College vote – 100% for George Washington
5 – 1934 – Birth of Henry “Hank” Aaron
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7 – 1812 – Major earthquake along New Madrid fault
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9 – 1943 – Guadalcanal: U.S. assumes complete control
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11 – 1940 – Economic agreement between Soviets & Germany
12 – 1941 – Afrika Korps arrives in Tripoli
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14 – 1912 – Arizona granted statehood
15 – 1944 – U.S. bombs Monte Cassino in Italy
16 – 1940 – The Altmark Incident
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18 – 1885 – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published in U.S.
19 – 1945 – U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima
20 – 1792 – Pres. Washington signs the Postal Service Act
21 – 1940 – William Miller rescued first of two times by Warren Felty
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23 – 1945 – U.S. Marines capture Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima
24 – 1989 – Structural failure on UAL Flight 811
25 – 1991 – Scud missile hits barracks in Dhahran: 28 killed
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27 – 1951 – 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ratified
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March
1 – 1936 – Hoover Dam Completed
2 – 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point night
3 – 1943 – Battle of the Bismarck Sea
4 – 1990 – Death of Hank Gathers
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6 – 1943 – North Africa: Operation Capri begins
7 – 1936 – Germany occupies the Rhineland w/3 battalions
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9 – 1904 – Birth of Paul Klipsch
10 – 1804 – Louisiana Territory formally transferred to the U.S.
11 – 1942 – General MacArthur leaves Corregidor in PT boat
12 – 1956 – Birth of Dale Murphy
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14 – 1945 – First Grand Slam bomb dropped on Bielefeld viaduct
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16 – 1912 – Death of Lawrence Oates (Scott Expedition to South Pole)
17 – 1945 – Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen collapses
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19 – 1945 – USS Franklin hit by bombs near Japanese coast
20 – 1928 – Birth of Fred (Mr.) Rogers
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22 – 1990 – Dr. Gerald Bull assassinated in Brussels
23 – 1933 – Enabling Act passed in Germany
24 – 1944 – Prisoner escape from Stalag Luft III
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26 – 1945 – U.S. landings on Kerama Retto (Okinawa)
27 – 1945 – U.S. landings on Tokashiki (Okinawa)
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29 – 1941 – Battle of Cape Matapan
30 – 1867 – Alaska Territory purchased from Russia
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April
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2 – 1959 – Birth of Juha Kankkunen
3 – 1942 – Final Japanese assault on Bataan begins
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5 – 1792 – George Washington casts 1st Presidential veto
6 – 1941 – Germany invades Yugoslavia
7 – 1939 – Germany invades Albania
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9 – 1942 – The fall of Bataan
10 – 1815 – Volcanic eruption of Mt. Tambora
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12 – 1947 – Birth of Tom Clancy
13 – 1970 – Oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13 spacecraft
14 – 1943 – Yakov Dzhugashvili (Stalin’s son) dies in Sachsenhausen prison camp
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16 – 1945 – Destroyer USS Laffey hit by kamikazes
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18 – 1942 – Colonel James Doolittle leads raid on Japan
19 – 1989 – #2 gun turret explodes on USS Iowa
20 – 1945 – Adolf Hitler makes final public appearance
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22 – 1889 – Oklahoma Land Run
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24 – 1945 – President Truman informed of Manhattan Project
25 – 1942 – Russian Defense Committee orders fuel line run below Lake Ladoga
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27 – 1861 – President Lincoln suspends habeas corpus
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29 – 1945 – Operation Manna begins in the Netherlands
30 – 1900 – Death of Casey Jones
May
1 – 1930 – 9th Planet Pluto’s name made public
2 – 1945 – Death of Martin Bormann
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4 – 1954 – Birth of Pia Zadora
5 – 1942 – Japanese HQ issues “Navy Order No. 18″ for Midway attack
6 – 1937 – Hindenburg airship disaster
7 – 1943 – Tunis and Bizerte captured by the Allies
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9 – 1936 – Abyssinia annexed by Italy
10 – 1775 – 2nd Continental Congress convenes
11 – 1862 – CSS Virginia scuttled by Confederate forces
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13 – 1943 – Allied campaign in North Africa officially ends
14 – 1940 – Rotterdam bombed by the Luftwaffe
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16 – 1918 – Sedition Act of 1918 passed
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18 – 1944 – Monte Cassino captured by Polish regiment
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20 – 1940 – First 30 prisoners arrive at Auschwitz
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23 – 1940 – Enigma decrypt warns BEF of entrapment
24 – 1925 – Birth of Hal Lyness
25 – 1942 – Japan changes JN-25 codes after sending Midway plans
26 – 1868 – President Andrew Johnson acquitted in impeachment trial
27 – 1940 – Operation Dynamo (evacuation of Dunkirk) begins
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30 – 1942 – USS Yorktown finishes repairs and heads for Midway
31 – 1889 – The Johnstown, PA flood
June
1 – 1812 – President James Madison asks for war against Britain
2 – 1886 – President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom
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4 – 1940 – Evacuation at Dunkirk ends
5 – 1944 – General Eisenhower gives “Go” order for Operation Overlord
6 – 1944 – Operation Overlord commences
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8 – 1789 – James Madison presents Bill of Rights to Congress
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10 – 1940 – Fighting ends in Norway with German victory
11 – 1943 – Operation Corkscrew: Allied assault on Pantelleria
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13 – 1777 – Marquis de LaFayette lands in South Carolina
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15 – 1944 – U.S. invasion of Saipan begins
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17 – 1775 – Battle of Bunker (Breed’s) Hill
18 – 1812 – U.S. declares war on Britain (War of 1812)
19 – 1942 – Major Joachim Reichel shot down with Fall Blau plans
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21 – 1942 – Fort Stevens (Oregon) attacked by Japanese sub I-25
22 – 1940 – France surrenders to Germany
23 – 1945 – General Stilwell takes over for General Buckner on Okinawa
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25 – 1950 – Korean War begins
26 – 1993 – U.S. bombs Iraq for assassination plot on President George H.W. Bush
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28 – 1942 – Fall Blau launched in southern Russia
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30 – 1953 – 1st Corvette rolls off assembly line
July
1 – 1941 – Battle of El Alamein begins
2 – 1776 – Second Continental Congress votes for independence
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4 – 1774 – Orangetown Resolutions at Yoast Mabie’s Tavern
5 – 1943 – Kursk: Operation Citadel begins
6 – 1943 – Kursk: Lt. Alexander Gorovets downs 9 aircraft
7 – 1944 – Saipan: Large Japanese banzai charge
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9 – 1958 – Earthquake & tsunami in Lituya Bay, Alaska
10 – 1944 – Saipan: Civilian suicides at Marpi Point
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12 – 1943 – Kursk: Battle of Prokhorovka
13 – 1943 – Naval battle of Kolombangara
14 – 1933 – Germany outlaws all political parties but National Socialism
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16 – 1779 – Battle of Stony Point
17 – 1989 – First flight of the B-2 Spirit
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19 – 1799 – Rosetta Stone uncovered in Rashid, Egypt
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21 – 1944 – U.S. landings on Guam
22 – 1993 – Kaskaskia, IL flooded by Floods of ‘93
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24 – 1943 – Operation Gomorrah (bombing of Hamburg, Germany) begins
25 – 1943 – Benito Mussolini deposed and arrested
26 – 1788 – New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution
27 – 1943 – Operation Gomorrah, Part 2
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29 – 1967 – Explosion and fire aboard the USS Forrestal
30 – 1962 – Birth of Alton Brown
31 – 1777 – Marquis de LaFayette appointed honorary Major General
August
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2 – 1943 – Uprising in Treblinka
3 – 1940 – Italy invades British Somaliland
4 – 1790 – Creation of the Revenue-Marine
5 – 1861 – Congress passes 1st income tax
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7 – 1942 – Birth of Garrison Keillor
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9 – 1945 – Soviets invade Manchuria
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11 – 1791 – First “stock market” crash
12 – 1939 – Birth of Skip Caray
13 – 1937 – The Battle of Shanghai begins
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15 – 1944 – Allied landings in Southern France
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17 – 1942 – Marine raid on Makin Island
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19 – 1942 – Col. Brush/Shibuya skirmish at Alligator Creek
20 – 1804 – Death of Charles Floyd
21 – 1942 – The Battle of the Tenaru River
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23 – 1943 – The Soviets retake Kharkov
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25 – 1835 – New York Sun begins parody series about the Moon
26 – 1939 – Lt. Albrecht Herzner mistakenly attacks Mosty Railroad station
27 – 1883 – Mt. Krakatoa erupts
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30 – 1942 – The Battle of Alma el Halfa begins
31 – 1803 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition begins
September
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2 – 1789 – U.S. Department of the Treasury created
3 – 1777 – The Battle of Cooch’s Bridge
4 – 1944 – 1st Marine Division leaves Pavavu for Peleliu
5 – 1781 – The Battle of the Chesapeake
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7 – 1940 – The Blitz of London begins
8 – 1923 – The Honda Point Disaster
9 – 1942 – Japan bombs Mt. Emily in Oregon
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11 – 1777 – The Battle of Chadd’s Ford
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13 – 1814 – Battle of Fort McHenry
14 – 1814 – Fort McHenry survives; The Star-Spangled Banner
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16 – 1975 – First flight of the MiG-31 Foxhound
17 – 1787 – U.S. Constitution ratified by the Convention
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19 – 1796 – Pres. Washington’s farewell address published
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21 – 1776 – Fire burns out one-fourth of New York City
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23 – 1780 – Major John André arrested with West Point plans
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25 – 1780 – Benedict Arnold defects to the British
26 – 1982 – Knight Rider debuts on TV
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30 – 1938 – Munich Agreement signed by Neville Chamberlain
October
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2 – 1780 – Major John André hanged as a spy
3 – 1942 – First test launch of V-2 rocket
4 – 1927 – Work on Mt. Rushmore begins
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7 – 1940 – The McCollum Memo submitted
8 – 1941 – Massacre of Jews in Vitebsk Ghetto begins
9 – 1999 – Final flight of the SR-71 Blackbird
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11 – 1809 – Death of Meriwether Lewis
12 – 1944 – Capt. Andy Haldane killed by sniper on Peleliu
13 – 1944 – Cpl Andrusko hit 3 times by same sniper bullet
14 – 1939 – HMS Royal Oak sunk by U-47 in Scapa Flow
15 – 1946 – Hermann Goering commits suicide in his jail cell
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18 – 1968 – Bob Beamon sets long jump record in Mexico City
19 – 1987 – Black Monday Stock Market crash
20 – 1944 – Japanese create Kamikaze plan at Mabalacat
21 – 1942 – Gen. Mark Clark’s clandestine trip to North Africa
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23 – 1970 – Gary Gabelich sets new land speed record
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25 – 1944 – St. Lo sunk by Kamikaze attack
26 – 1942 – The Battle of Santa Cruz
27 – 1787 – First Federalist published in The Independent Journal
28 – 1940 – Italy invades Greece
29 – 1942 – Birth of Bob Ross
30 – 1942 – British capture SHARK encoder from U-559
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November
1 – 1800 – John Adams becomes first White House resident
2 – 1947 – First & last flight of the H-4 Hercules
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