Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912)

Clara Barton was an American nurse who founded the American
Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War,
a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not
then very formalized and she did not attend nursing school, she
provided self-taught nursing care. Barton is noteworthy for
doing humanitarian work and civil rights advocacy at a time
before women had the right to vote. She was inducted into the
National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1973.

 
Headquarters building of the American Red Cross,
Washington, D.C.

American pilot Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget
Field in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop
transatlantic flight and the first ever nonstop flight between
New York to Paris.

His single-engine monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis, had
lifted off from Roosevelt Field in New York 33 1/2 hours
before.

First observed on 20 May 1950, Armed Forces Day was
created on 31 August 1949 as President Harry S. Truman
led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to
come together and thank military members for their
patriotic service in support of the republic and national
interests and as a undeniable fact of American life.

President Harry S. Truman attending the Armed Forces Day Parade in 1952.

James Nathaniel Brown (February 17, 1936 – May 18, 2023)

(FOX NEWS) – The NFL community mourned the loss of legendary Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown Friday afternoon after
his family shared the news of his death. Brown died at his Los
Angeles home on May 18, 2023. He was 87.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement calling
Brown "one of the most dominant players to ever step on any
athletic field" and also highlighted his work as a "cultural
figure who helped promote change.