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1783 Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight
1794 Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces
1813 Battle of Stoney Creek: A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler
1833 Andrew Jackson becomes the first U.S. President to ride on a train
1863 CSS "Alabama" captures the "Tailsman" in the Mid Atlantic
1889 The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle
1892 The Chicago "L" commuter rail system begins operation
1912 US marines invade Cuba (3nd time)
1917 10 million US men begin registering for draft
1918 Battle of Belleau Wood: The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Ch?teau-Thierry
1932 The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States
1934 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law
1940 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh
1940 Battle of France begins
1942 Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and 4 carriers
1944 The Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history
1945 USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
1968 Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: Democratic Party senator from New York
1971 The Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins
1977 1st personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale
1984 Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, is first released
1991 Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched
1783 Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight
1794 Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces
1813 Battle of Stoney Creek: A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler
1833 Andrew Jackson becomes the first U.S. President to ride on a train
1863 CSS "Alabama" captures the "Tailsman" in the Mid Atlantic
1889 The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle
1892 The Chicago "L" commuter rail system begins operation
1912 US marines invade Cuba (3nd time)
1917 10 million US men begin registering for draft
1918 Battle of Belleau Wood: The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Ch?teau-Thierry
1932 The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States
1934 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law
1940 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh
1940 Battle of France begins
1942 Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and 4 carriers
1944 The Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history
1945 USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
1968 Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: Democratic Party senator from New York
1971 The Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins
1977 1st personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale
1984 Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, is first released
1991 Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched
