January 1, 1781 Mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line On this day in 1781, 1,500 soldiers from the Pennsylvania Line--all 11 regiments under General Anthony...
New Year's Day In 45 B.C., New Year's Day is celebrated on January 1 for the first time in history as the Julian calendar takes effect. Soon after becoming...
January 1, 1967 Operation Sam Houston begins Operation Sam Houston begins as a continuation of border surveillance operations in Pleiku and Kontum Provinces in...
The time came for annual immunizations at our overseas Air Force base. To get us all vaccinated as quickly as possible, they pressed the veterinary surgeon...
January 2, 1863 Battle of Stones River concludes The battle of Stones River concludes when the Union troops of William Rosecrans defeat Confederates under...
January 3, 1938 Franklin Roosevelt founds March of Dimes Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founds the National Foundation for Infantile...
January 3, 1777 The Battle of Princeton In a stroke of strategic genius, General George Washington manages to evade conflict with General Charles Cornwallis,...
January 4, 1944 United States begins supplying guerrilla forces On this day, U.S. aircraft begin dropping supplies to guerrilla forces throughout Western...
At a tea for officers and their wives, the commanding general of a base delivered a seemingly endless oration. A young lieutenant grumbled to the woman...
January 5, 1781 Benedict Arnold captures and destroys Richmond American traitor and British Brigadier General Benedict Arnold enjoys his greatest success as a...
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1838 : Morse demonstrates telegraph On this day in 1838, Samuel Morse's telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in...
January 6, 1919 Theodore Roosevelt dies Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, dies at Sagamore Hill, his estate overlooking New York's...
Nights in England are coal black, making parachute jumps difficult and dangerous. So we attach small lights called chemlites to our jumpsuits to make...
1789 : First U.S. presidential election On this day in 1789, America's first presidential election is held. Voters cast ballots to choose state electors; only...
January 7, 1864 Caleb Blood Smith dies Caleb Blood Smith, the Secretary of the Interior in 1861 and 1862, dies in Indianapolis. He played a major role in...
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January 8, 1815 The Battle of New Orleans Two weeks after the War of 1812 officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, U.S. General Andrew Jackson...
January 8, 1967 Operation Cedar Falls is launched About 16,000 U.S. soldiers from the 1st and 25th Infantry Divisions, 173rd Airborne Brigade and 11th Armored...
In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip. We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody...
What is interesting is Jackson's rag-tag army took on British veterans from the war against Napolean. No small victory! Mike Burleson NewWars.wordpress.com ......