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1777: French Marquis de La Fayette Becomes U.S. General at the Age of only 19

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1777: French Marquis de La Fayette Becomes U.S. General at the Age of only 19

On this day in 1777, Marquis de La Fayette, a French nobleman, became a U.S. general in the War of Indepe ...

On this day in 1777, Marquis de La Fayette, a French nobleman, became a U.S. general in the War of Independence. The rank of general was awarded to him by the American Continental Congress, the suprem ...

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1952: Vajiralongkorn: The Crown Prince of Thailand – The Richest King in the World?

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1952: Vajiralongkorn: The Crown Prince of Thailand – The Richest King in the World?

Vajiralongkorn, the Crown Prince of Thailand and the heir to the throne, was born on this day in 1952. He ...

Vajiralongkorn, the Crown Prince of Thailand and the heir to the throne, was born on this day in 1952. He is supposed to become the richest king in the world (his father still holds this title). It is ...

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1886: The Highest-Ranking U.S. Officer Killed in World War II

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1886: The Highest-Ranking U.S. Officer Killed in World War II

On this day General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., who was the highest ranking U.S. officer killed in action ...

On this day General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., who was the highest ranking U.S. officer killed in action during World War II, was born. Specifically, General Buckner was a three-star general, the sam ...

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1862: David Farragut Becomes the First Admiral in U.S. History

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1862: David Farragut Becomes the First Admiral in U.S. History

On this day in 1862, an admiral's rank was awarded for the first time in the history of the United States ...

On this day in 1862, an admiral's rank was awarded for the first time in the history of the United States. It was created for famous David Farragut, a hero of the U.S. Navy. Note that, until then, the ...

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1970: General Leslie Groves – The Man who Built the Pentagon and the First American Nuclear Bomb

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1970: General Leslie Groves – The Man who Built the Pentagon and the First American Nuclear Bomb

On this day in 1970, U.S. General Leslie Groves died. He had a major role during World War II as a projec ...

On this day in 1970, U.S. General Leslie Groves died. He had a major role during World War II as a project manager in constructing the first US nuclear bomb (the Manhattan Project). General Groves was ...

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2004: General George Patton IV died

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2004: General George Patton IV died

On this day, in 2004, the American General George S. Patton IV, son of the famous World War II General Ge ...

On this day, in 2004, the American General George S. Patton IV, son of the famous World War II General George Patton, died. It was a family with a long military tradition. Specifically, already the a ...

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1991: The Yugoslav People’s Army tank crushed red Fiat in Osijek

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1991: The Yugoslav People’s Army tank crushed red Fiat in Osijek

On this day one of the best remembered events from the Croatian War of Independence took place in Osijek. ...

On this day one of the best remembered events from the Croatian War of Independence took place in Osijek. A red Fiat with Osijek license plates was recklessly ran-over by a Yugoslav People's Army tank ...

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2008: The First Indian Field Marshal in History

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2008: The First Indian Field Marshal in History

On this day, in 2008, Indian Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, the first man in history who was awarded the ra ...

On this day, in 2008, Indian Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, the first man in history who was awarded the rank of Indian field marshal, died. Sam Manekshaw was born in Amritsar in 1914. He was a Parsi by ...

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