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1862:
The Union Army of the Potomac occupies Fredericksburg, Virginia, as General Ambrose Burnside continues to execute his plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond.
1863: Union gunboats Restless, Bloomer and Caroline enter St. Andrews Bay, Fla., and begin bombardment of both Confederate quarters and saltworks. 1933: Paraguay captures 11,000 Bolivians in the war over Chaco. 1941: The United States declares war on Italy and Germany. 1941: Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States, bringing America, which had been neutral, into the European conflict. 1945: A Boeing B-29 Superfortress shatters all records by crossing the United States in five hours and 27 minutes. 1950: The 1st Marine Division completed its breakout from the Chosin/Changjin Reservoir entrapment and began its march to join the rest of X Corps at Hungnam. 1955: Israel raids Syrian positions on the Sea of Galilee. 1961: The ferry carrier, USNS Core, arrives in Saigon with the first U.S. helicopter unit. This contingent included 33 Vertol H-21C Shawnee helicopters and 400 air and ground crewmen to operate and maintain them. Their assignment was to airlift South Vietnamese Army troops into combat. 1969: Paratroopers from the U.S. Third Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, depart from Vietnam. |
