US Marines landed in Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope in order to secure the trade routes to deliver food to the people.
The Soviets shot down the plane of an American CIA agent, and the pilot was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The US Air Force launched the Discoverer 1 reconnaissance satellite.
Elvis Presley enlisted in the US army.
The US Navy commissioned USS Nautilus, which became the world’s first nuclear submarine.
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.
The USS Indianapolis vessel was torpedoed and sunk.
Palermo, Sicily was liberated by US forces.
The US army enlisted its first female colonel, Julia Flikke.
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American US Army brigadier general.
The United States Coast Guard was formed by an act passed by the US Congress.
The USS Holland (SS-1) became the first modern submarine commissioned for the United States Navy.
The Wounded Knee Massacre took place.
Flagellation, also known as flogging, whipping, or lashing, was banned by the US Army.
The United States Marine Corps was founded when two battalions of Continental Marines came together in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
