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BIRTH OF MILITARY ACADEMY ON THIS DAY

On this present day in historical past, March 16, 1802, United States Navy Academy established ...

The United States Military Academy at West Point, which
has trained generations of American leaders to serve
from the
battlefield to the White House, was established
on this day
in history, March 16, 1802.
 

The academy’s creation was part of the Military Peace
Establishment Act, introduced by
Massachusetts
Congressman Joseph Varnum, and signed into law
by President Thomas Jefferson.

On this day in History, U.S. Military Academy established on Mar 16, 1802. Learn more about what ...

U.S. Military Academy at West Point celebrates Founders Day | Article | The United States Army
President Thomas Jefferson.

 

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NORTH KOREA RELEASED SHIPS CREW

Paul Davis On Crime: On This Day In History North Korea Seized The U.S. Spy Ship Pueblo

On this day in 1968, the crew and captain of the U.S.
intelligence gathering ship Pueblo were released after
11 months imprisonment by the  government of
North
Korea
. The ship, and its 83-man crew, was seized by
North Korean warships on January 23, 1968 and

charged with intruding into North Korean waters.


BBC World Service - The Documentary, Spy Ship: The Capture of the USS ...

Lt. Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher, commanding officer of the USS Pueblo, confesses to espionage at a press conference in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 1968, with crew members looking on.
Lt. Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher, commanding officer of the USS
Pueblo, confesses to espionage at a press conference in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 1968, with crew members
looking on.

The USS Pueblo: A Navy Ship Captured By North Korea – ussjpkennedyjr.org

Cheevers: Remembering the USS Pueblo

50 years later, USS Pueblo is a Pyongyang museum piece
USS Pueblo today is a Pyongyang, North Korea museum
piece. It was never decommissioned and is the only U.S.
naval vessel in captivity.


NEWSWEEK 2/3 1969 USS Pueblo Captain Lloyd M Bucher; Vietnam War    
(September 1, 1927 – January 28, 2004)

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THEY NEVER RETURNED ON THIS DAY IN 1945

The Infamous Flight 19...Lost In The Bermuda Triangle ,1945. 7 Bombers And 14 Air Men Are Still ...

At 2:10 p.m. on December 5, 1945, five U.S. Navy Avenger
torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 took off from the
Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station in
Florida on a routine
three-hour training mission. After having completed their
objective,
Flight 19 was scheduled to take them due east
for an additional 67 miles
, then turn north for 73 miles,
and back to the air station after that, totaling a distance
of 120 miles. They never returned.

The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19 - History in the Headlines

The Bermuda Triangle

Bermuda Triangle mystery solved? Scientists unravels Flight 19 vanishing riddle - Daily Star

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RON DESANTIS IS 45 YEARS OLD TODAY

Young Ron DeSatanist in his military uniform

Judge Temporarily Blocks DeSantis Law Restricting 'Woke' Workplace Trainings

Ron Desantis is a Republican politician who became the United
States Representative for Florida’s 6th congressional district in
2013. He has served under the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. In 2019, he became Florida’s 46th governor.

He was captain of the varsity baseball team in his senior year at 
Yale University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a B.A.
in History in 2001.

In 2007 he was assigned to SEAL Team One and deployed to Iraq
with the troop surge as the Legal Advisor to the SEAL Commander, Special Operations Task Force-West in Fallujah, and was later
awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Iraq Campaign Medal for
his service.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)


'We are not turning back': Gov. Ron DeSantis says schools will remain open despite CDC guidance

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FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY

 A young boy circa 1916.
    
    
Is young Gerald Ford serving up some Draco Malfoy realness? I think so. | Presidents ...

    
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  Official Portraits of Gerald and Betty Ford
  

On July 14, 1913, Gerald R. Ford was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
in Omaha,
Nebraska. His biological father left the family when
Ford was three years old. His mother’s second husband, Gerald
Ford, adopted the young boy and gave him his name.

The young Ford went on to become the first vice president to
assume office after a president resigned, after President
Richard M. Nixon (below) stepped down in 1974.

SKI on Throughput: Richard Nixon endorses RhinoGATOR
Richard Milhous Nixon
(January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)

    

    
    
    
   

       
 

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