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February 22 - George Washington Was Born June 14 - U.S. Army Founded November 10 - U.S. Marine Corps Established July 4 - Independence Day August 7 - Purple Heart Medal Established September 17 - US Constitution Approved August 4 - U.S. Coast Guard Established October 13 - U.S. Navy Established 10 September - Battle of Lake Erie September 14 - Battle of Lake Champlain September 14 - "Star Spangled Banner" Written by Francis Scott Key November 6 - Abraham Lincoln Elected President of The United States December 20 - South Carolina Seceded From the Union January 9 - Mississippi Seceded From the Union January 10 - Florida Seceded From the Union January 11 - Alabama Seceded From the Union January 19 - Georgia Seceded From the Union January 26 - Louisiana Seceded From the Union January 29 - Kansas Admitted To the Union February 1 - Texas Seceded From the Union February 4 - Seceded States Held a Convention in Montgomery, Alabama February 8 - Convention Being Held in Montgomery Adopted a Confederate Constitution February 9 - Jefferson Davis Elected President of The Confederate States February 18 - Jefferson Davis Inaugurated as President of The Confederacy March 4 - Abraham Lincoln Inaugurated as Sixteenth President of The United States April 12 - Confederates Fire Upon Fort Sumter, S.C. / The Civil War Begins April 17 - Virginia Seceded From the Union May 6 - Arkansas Seceded From the Union May 20 - North Carolina Seceded From the Union July 21 - First Battle of Bull Run October 2 - General Fremont Relieved of Command by President Lincoln April 6 - Battle of Shiloh April 24 - Battle of New Orleans December 13 - Battle of Fredericksburg December 31 - Battle of Stones River/Murfreesboro January 1 - President Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation January 1 - The Battle of Galveston May 22 - Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana Began June 7 - Battle of Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana July 8 - Battle of Port Hudson Ends July 17 - Battle of Honey Springs (Elk Creek), Indian Territory July 18 - Assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina September 9 - Siege of Chattanooga Began September 19 - Battle of Chickamauga February 20 - Battle of Olustee (Florida) August 5 - Battle of Mobile Bay September 29 - Battle of Chaffin’s Farm (New Market Heights), Virginia November 8 - President Lincoln Re-elected November 30 - The Battle of Nashville November 30 - Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina March 31 - Battle of Fort Blakely, Alabama Began April 9 - Battle of Fort Blakely Ended April 2 - Confederate Government Abandons Richmond, Virginia April 9 - General Robert E. Lee Surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia April 14 - President Lincoln Was Shot April 15 - President Lincoln Died / Andrew Johnson Became President December 18 - Thirteenth Amendment Ratified After Approval by Twenty-Seven States September 8 - Pledge of Allegiance Adopted February 15 - Sinking of U.S.S. Maine September 29 - VFW Established February 8 - Boy Scouts of America Founded March 12 - Girl Scouts of America Founded September 17 - VFW Ladies Auxiliary Organized November 11 - Signing of WWI Armistice July 2 - U.S. Army Air Corps Established March 3 - Star Spangled Banner Becomes U.S. National Anthem September 1 - Germany Invades Poland July 10 - Battle of Britain Begins June 22 - Operation Barbarossa - Germany Invades Soviet Union September 15 - Siege of Leningrad Begins December 7 - Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor June 3 - Battle of Midway Began June 22 - Pledge of Allegiance Recognized by Congress August 7 - Battle of Guadalcanal October 23 - Battle of El Alamein Begins November 8 - Operation Torch Begins July 10 - Operation Husky Begins January 27 - Seige of Leningrad Ends June 6 - Operation Neptune / Overlord June 6 - D-Day: Allied Invasion of Europe / Normandy June 22 - GI Bill Signed Into Law July 25 - Operation Cobra Begins August 15 - Operation Anvil Began September 17 - Operation Market Garden Began December 16 - Battle of the Bulge Began February 19 - US Marines Landed on Iwo Jima February 23 - Battle of Iwo Jima February 23 - US Marines Raised Flag on Mt. Suribachi April 1 - Invasion of Okinawa Began April 12 - US President Roosevelt Dies - Truman becomes President April 29 - German Unconditional Surrender to Italian Allies April 30 - Hitler Commits Suicide May 5 - Ceasefire on Western Front May 8 - V-E Day: German Unconditional Surrender Signed June 22 - Battle of Okinawa Ended August 6 - First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima, Japan August 9 - Second Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki, Japan August 14 - Japan Surrenders, Ending WWII September 2 - V-J Day: Japan Signs Formal Surrender December 31 - Official End of WWII September 18 - U.S. Air Force Established June 25 - Korean War Began June 29 - First US Ground Forces Arrived in Korea July 2 - Korean War's Only U.S. Sea Battle July 5 - Battle of Osan July 13 - Battle of Kum River Began July 19 - Battle of Taejon Began August 4 - Defense of Pusan/Naktong Perimeter Began September 15 - Inchon Landing September 16 - Naktong Perimeter Breakout Began September 18 - Inchon Operation and Liberation of Seoul Began October 9 - Invasion of North Korea October 20 - Korean War's First Airborne Operation November 1 - Northernmost US Action of Korean War November 8 - First All-Jet Combat in History November 27 - Battle of the Chosin Reservoir Began December 10 - Wonsan-Hungnam Campaign Ended January 25 - Operation Thunderbolt Began February 5 - Battle of Hill 440 Began February 16 - Siege of Wonsan Began March 7 - Operation Ripper Began April 5 - Operation Rugged Began June 10 - Battle for the Punchbowl Began August 18 - Battle of Bloody Ridge Began September 13 - Battle of Heartbreak Ridge Began September 21 - Operation Summit June 6 - Operation Counter Began July 17 - Battle for Old Baldy Began August 12 - Battle of Bunker Hill Began August 29 - Korean War's Largest Air Raid September 1 - Largest All-Navy Raid October 14 - Operation Showdown/Battle of Hill 598 (Sniper Ridge) Began April 16 - Battle of Pork Chop Hill Began April 20 - Operation Little Switch Began June 10 - Siege of Outpost Harry Began July 13 - Battle of Kumsong River Salient Began July 24 - Final US Ground Combat of Korean War Began July 27 - Signing of Korean Armistice Ending Korean War December 24 - USAF Began Strikes on Laos March 2 - Raid on North Vietnam Began October 23 - Battle of the Ia Drang Valley Began March 4 - Operation Utah July 9 - Battle of Minh Thanh Road September 14 - Operation Attleboro Began January 8 - Operation Cedar Falls Began February 22 - Operation Junction City Began April 24 - Battle of the Hills Began July 2 - Operation Buffalo Began July 16 - Operation Kingficher Began September 11 - Siege of Con Thien Began September 27 - Operation Shenandoah II Began October 17 - Battle of Ong Thanh October 28 - Operation Shenandoah II Ended October 29 - Battle of Loc Ninh Began November 3 - Battle of Dak To Began January 20 - Battle of Khe Sanh Began January 30 - Tet Offensive Began January 31 - Battle of Hue Began March 11 - Operation Resolve to Win Began April 1 - Operation Pegasus Began April 10 - Battle for Lang Vei Began April 19 - Operation Delaware Began May 5 - Mini-Tet Began October 31 - Bombing of North Vietnam Ended February 23 - Post-Tet Offensive Began March 18 - Operation Breakfast May 10 - Battle of Hamburger Hill Began May 1 - Cambodia Campaign Began July 1 - Siege of Fire Base Ripcord Began October 8 - Operation Jefferson Glenn April 6 - Operation Linebacker April 8 - Siege of An Loc Began May 8 - US Navy Mined North Vietnamese Ports January 27 - Signing of Vietnam Peace Accord February 12 - Operation Homecoming Began November 9 - The Berlin Wall Comes Down, After 28 Years August 2 - Operation Desert Shield Began January 17 - Operation Desert Storm Began February 24 - Operation Desert Storm Ground Campaign Began February 26 - Battle of 73 Easting February 27 - Battle of Norfolk February 27 - Battle of Medina Ridge April 11 - Persian Gulf War Official Cease Fire September 11 - World Trade Towers and Pentagon Attacked March 2 - Operation Anaconda Began March 22 - Operation Anaconda Ended September 14 - Operation Enduring Freedom Began March 19 - Operation Iraqi Freedom Began April 9 - Baghdad Liberated by U.S. and British Forces May 1 - Major Combat Operations in Iraq Ended December 13 - Saddam Hussein Captured |
