Today in Military History 1 Aug - 30 Sep

28 Sep

1066 Duke William of Normandy lands in England, with about 14,000 friends -- Learn More
1781 Washington initiates the siege of Yorktown: The last major battle of the Revolutionary War -- Learn More
1850 Congress outlawed flogging in the Navy and Merchant Marine, Congress abolished flogging in the Navy and Merchant Marine, with many abstaining or absent, and most Slave State members voting against, including Jefferson Davis

1906 US troops occupy Cuba, stay until 1909
1918 British Pvt Henry Tandey may have had a chance to kill Adolf Hitler, while earning a VC near Marcoing
1923 US Navy aircraft take first and second places in the Schneider Cup Race
1924 Two US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
1943 Japanese minelayer 'Hoko' is sunk east of Buka by U.S. Army aircraft


BORN

1833 James Deering Fessenden, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1897
1840 Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Confederate staff officer, d/w 1864


DIED

1989 Dictator/President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines (1865-1986), in exile at 72
2006 Iva Torguri d'Aquino -- "Tokyo Rose", at 90.
2012 Avraham "Bren" Adan, 85, Israeli armor expert, Maj Gen
2018 Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow, 83, Holocaust survivor, Green Beret legend, sometime Commander, U.S. Army-Berlin, in Germany

 

29 Sep

1813 William Henry Harrison recaptures Detroit from the British
1864 Battle of Chaffin's Farm/New Market Heights/Laurel Hill/Forts Harrison-Johnson-Gilmer: Union forces tighten the ring around Petersburg, at a price
1918 Led by the 107th Infantry, NY's 27th Div makes a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line at the St. Quintin Tunnel
1962 JFK authorizes use of federal troops to integrate Ole Miss


BORN

1829 Bradley Tyler Johnson, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1903
1829 Giles Alexander Smith, Maj Gen, U.S., d. 1876
1830 John Parker Hawkins, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1914
1831 John McAlister Schofield, Maj Gen, U.S., SecWar, d. 1906
1901 Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist who "discovered a new world," d. 1954
1907 Gene Autry, CBI airman, cowboy, d. 1998

DIED

2010 Tony Curtis, USN veteran, actor ("Operation Pettitcoat"), at 85

 

30 Sep

1777 Congress flees to York as the British advance in Pennsylvania
1787 Merchant ship 'Columbia' leaves Boston to begin the first American round-the-world voyage (1787-1790)
1867 Midway Island formally declared a US possession
1899 Admiral of the Navy George Dewey received a tumultuous reception in New York -- Learn More
1914 The Army disbanded the Seminole Negro Indian Scouts, after 44 years of service -- Learn More
1936 USS 'Brooklyn' (CL-40) commissioned, in Brooklyn (where else?)
1942 Japanese make their first airstrike against Adak, in the Aleutians.
1946 Judgement at Nuremberg: 22 Nazi leaders found guilty
1949 Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights
1949 The U.S. Army disbanded the Philippine Scouts -- Learn More
1951 USS 'Monitor', sunk Dec 31, 1862, formally declared "out of commission"
1954 USS 'Nautilus' (SSN-571) is commissioned
1966 Nazi war criminals Albert Speer & Baldur von Schirach released from Spandau prison after 20-years
1993 Chairman of the JCS Gen. Colin Powell retires

BORN

1827 Kenner Garrard, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1879


DIED