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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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The series ran from December 11, 1980, to May 8, 1988,
during its first-run broadcast on
CBS.

Magnum, P.I. consistently ranked in the top 20 U.S. television
programs in the
Nielsen ratings during the first five years of
its original run, finishing as high as number three for the 1982–
83 season.

'Magnum, P.I.': What Happened To The Cast?

Tom Selleck Magnum Pi Mustang Gt500, Shelby Mustang, Ford Mustang, Corvette C3, Chevrolet ...

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY IN 1941

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Pearl Harbor Headline 1941./Nthe Front Page Of The Los Angeles Times, 8 December 1941 ...

The Aftermath: Pearl Harbor After The Attack | Pearl Harbor Org
On December 8, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt
delivered his "Day of Infamy" speech before a joint
session of Congress.


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The Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor

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VIETNAM MEMORIAL DEDICATED IN 1982

In History – Vietnam War Memorial Dedicated

Near the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who
served in the
Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
was dedicated in
Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by
thousands of veterans of the conflict.

The long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped black-granite
wall inscribed with the names of the 57,939 Americans who died
in the conflict, arranged in order of death, not rank, as was
common in other memorials.

The designer of the memorial was Maya Lin, a Yale University architecture student who entered a nationwide competition to
create a design for the monument.         
        
        
        
        
        
 » On Seeing, A Journal. ABOVE and BEYOND: Maya Lin      
Designer and sculptor Maya Ying Lin (64)

The Chinese/American was born in Athens, Ohio.



Maya Lin was still an undergraduate at Yale University
when she beat out more than 1,400 competitors in a
competition to design the memorial.

The Vietnam War Era

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund | The National Salute

USA TODAY: Latest World and US News - USATODAY.com | Vietnam memorial, Vietnam vets, Navy veteran

EAA 2018: Vietnam veterans reflect on Old Glory Honor Flight experience

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WW II BATTLE BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1942

Battle of Guadalcanal | Facts, Map, & Significance | Britannica

The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, a multi-day battle that would
see more than 1,700 Americans killed, began on
this day in
history
, Nov. 12, 1942.

Guadalcanal is the largest island in the Solomon Islands, a
country located in the Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia
and east of Papua New Guinea.
 

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The National WWII Museum | New Orleans: Learn: For Students: WWII at a Glance: Battle of Guadalcanal

World War II: Guadalcanal Photograph by Granger

American Marines during the Guadalcanal Campaign in November 1942 . | Guadalcanal campaign ...

guadalcanal - Modern War Institute

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WE CAME THE CLOSEST TO NUCLEAR WAR

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CIA reference photograph of a Soviet medium-range ballistic missile in Red Square, Moscow.

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between
the
United States and the Soviet Union, when American
deployments of
nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were
matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in
Cuba.

The crisis lasted from October 16 to October 28, 1962. The
confrontation is widely considered
the closest the
the
Cold War came to escalating into full-scale nuclear
war
.

October 15th in the Cuban Missile Crisis – Timespinner Press

Cuban Missile Crisis Photos

1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, map of immediate-threat areas [1220x883] : r/MapPorn
Cuban Missile Crisis, map of immediate-threat areas.

the daily news headlines in 1962 - Google Search | Jfk, Headlines, Daily news

DYKN? The Cuban missile crisis remembered

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