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02/04/2013

Feb 4th, 1962

The first U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam. It was one of 15 helicopters ferrying South Vietnamese Army troops into battle near the village of Hong My in the Mekong Delta.

01/16/2013

Also Interesting!

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01/16/2013

Interesting!

WWII ZENITH WIRELESS NO 19 CONTROL UNIT 2 MKII HEADPHONES USA AND RUSSIA in Collectibles, Militaria, WW II (1939-45) | eBay

01/14/2013

January 14th, 1860

Unable to agree on anything else, the Committee of Thirty Three submits a proposed constitutional amendment protecting slavery in all areas where it already existed.

01/10/2013

This could have helped during Hurricane Sandy.

Korean War ERA GAS GENERATOR IN CASE RUNNING CONDITION in Collectibles, Militaria, WW II (1939-45) | eBay

01/10/2013

Jan 10th, 1946

The first General Assembly of the United Nations, comprising 51 nations, convenes at Westminster Central Hall in London, England. One week later, the U.

12/31/2012

DEC 31ST, 1879

In the first public demonstration of his incandescent lightbulb, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison lights up a street in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

12/30/2012

DEC 30TH, 1970

The South Vietnamese Navy receives 125 U.S. vessels in a ceremony marking the end of the U.S. Navy's four-year role in inland waterway combat.

12/30/2012

DEC 29TH, 1890

In the tragic final chapter of America's long war against the Plains Indians, the U.S. Cavalry kills 146 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

10/22/2012

OCT 22ND, 1797

The first parachute jump of note is made by AndrÉ-Jacques Garnerin from a hydrogen balloon 3,200 feet above Paris.Leonardo da Vinci conceived the idea of the parachute in his writings, and the Frenchman Louis-Sebastien Lenormand fashioned a kind…

10/20/2012

OCT 20TH, 1944...

After advancing island by island across the Pacific Ocean, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte, fulfilling his promise to return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942.

05/10/2012

Don't forget to visit us when we reopen our doors to the public around Memorial Day at 340 Baltimore St. Gettysburg!!