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9 Dec 1992
US Marines landed in Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope in order to secure the trade routes to deliver food to the people.
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19 Aug 1960
The Soviets shot down the plane of an American CIA agent, and the pilot was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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28 Feb 1959
The US Air Force launched the Discoverer 1 reconnaissance satellite.
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24 Mar 1958
Elvis Presley enlisted in the US army.
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30 Sep 1954
The US Navy commissioned USS Nautilus, which became the world’s first nuclear submarine.
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14 Oct 1947
US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first-ever person to break the speed of sound, flying the Bell X-1 at 662 miles per hour.
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30 Jul 1945
The USS Indianapolis vessel was torpedoed and sunk.
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22 Jul 1943
Palermo, Sicily was liberated by US forces.
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13 Mar 1942
The US army enlisted its first female colonel, Julia Flikke.
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25 Oct 1940
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American US Army brigadier general.
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28 Jan 1915
The United States Coast Guard was formed by an act passed by the US Congress.
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12 Oct 1900
The USS Holland (SS-1) became the first modern submarine commissioned for the United States Navy.
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29 Dec 1890
The Wounded Knee Massacre took place.
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5 Aug 1861
Flagellation, also known as flogging, whipping, or lashing, was banned by the US Army.
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10 Nov 1775
The United States Marine Corps was founded when two battalions of Continental Marines came together in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
