“Not on my watch nor the watch that follows me
for I will ensure they are properly trained.”
for I will ensure they are properly trained.”
Today in History
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07 June
1776
Revolutionary War
Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduces a resolution for independence to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia; John Adams seconds the motion.
1893
India
In an event that would have dramatic repercussions for the people of India, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a young Indian lawyer working in South Africa, refuses to comply with racial segregation rules on a South African train and is forcibly ejected at Pietermaritzburg. In 1914, Gandhi returned to India and lived a life of abstinence and spirituality on the periphery of Indian politics. He supported Britain in the First World War but in 1919 launched a new satyagraha in protest of Britain's mandatory military draft of Indians. Hundreds of thousands answered his call to protest, and by 1920 he was leader of the Indian movement for independence. After World War II, he was a leading figure in the negotiations that led to Indian independence in 1947
1912
USMC
Company A, 1st Marines landed at Santiago, Cuba.
1913
Firsts
Hudson Stuck, an Alaskan missionary, leads the first successful ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest point on the American continent at 20,320 feet.
1918
USMC
Marines participated in the Battle of Bouresches in France.
1939
Firsts
King George VI becomes the first British monarch to visit the United States when he and his wife, Elizabeth, cross the Canadian-U.S. border to Niagara Falls, New York. The royal couple subsequently visited New York City and Washington, D.C., where they called for a greater U.S. role in resolving the crisis in Europe.
1942
WW II
Japanese soldiers occupy the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, as the Axis power continues to expand its defensive perimeter. The Aleutians had been American territory since purchased from Russia in 1867. Killing 25 American troops upon landing in Attu, the Japanese proceeded to relocate and intern the inhabitants, as well as those at Kiska. America would finally invade and recapture the Aleutians one year laterkilling most of the 2,300 Japanese troops defending itin three weeks of fighting.
1954
USMC
Marines arrive off the coast of Guatemala to evacuate Americans during a coup attempt.
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