>> DAYS IN HISTORY

January - February - March

JANUARY

January 1st - New Year's Day

January (3rd Monday) - Civil Rights Day (Martin Luther King birthday)

January 27th - (1973) - Vietnam Peace Accord signed

FEBRUARY

February (1st Sunday) - Four Chaplains Anniversary

February 12th - Lincoln's Birthday

February 14th - St. Valentine's Day

February 15th - Presidents' Day

February 22nd - Washington's Birthday

February 23rd - (1836) Siege of the Alamo

MARCH

March 3rd - (1946) World War II officially ended

March 17th - St. Patrick's Day

April - May - June

APRIL

April 1^st – (1945) U.S. invasion of Okinawa

April 6^th – (1917) U.S. entered World War I

April 9^th – (1942) Beginning of Bataan Death March

April 11^th – National Submarine Day

April 25^th – (1898) Spanish American War began

April 29^th – (1975) U.S. forces entered Vietnam

MAY

May 1^st – Loyalty Day

May 8^th – (1945) V.E. Day, Germany surrendered

May 16^th – Armed Forces Day

May (Last Monday) – Memorial Day Observed

May 30^th – Memorial Day (actual)

JUNE

June 6^th – (1944) D-Day, Allied invasion of Europe

June 14^th – Flag Day (1775) / U.S. Army Founded

June 25^th – (1950) North Korea invaded South Korea

July - August - September

JULY

July 2^nd – (1862) Bugle Call “Taps” Composed

July 4^th – Independence Day

July 11^th – (1955) U.S. Air Force Academy dedicated

July 12^th – (1862) Congress created the Medal of Honor

July 29^th – (1914) World War I began

AUGUST

August 2^nd – (1990) Operation Desert Shield began

August 4^th – (1790) U.S. Coast Guard established

August 4^th – (1964) Vietnam War began

August 6th - (1945) Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

August 9th - (1945) Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

August 12^th – (1898) Spanish American War ended

August 14^th – (1945) Japan surrendered, unofficially ending WWII

SEPTEMBER

September (1^st Monday) – Labor Day

September 1^st – (1939) Nazi invasion of Poland

September 2^nd – (1945) V-J Day, Japan formally surrendered

September 8^th – (1812) Pledge of Allegiance adopted

September 11^th – Patriot Day (2001)

October - November - December

OCTOBER

October 12^th – Columbus Day (1492)

October 13^th – (1775) Navy Day – U.S. Navy established

October 20^th – (1951) World War II officially ended with Germany

October 31^st – Halloween

NOVEMBER

November 10^th – (1775) Marine Corps founded

November 11^th – (1918) Veterans Day / World War I ended

November (4^th Thursday) – Thanksgiving Day

DECEMBER

December 7^th – (1941) Pearl Harbor Day – Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

December 8^th – (1941) U.S. declared war on Japan

December 25^th – Christmas Day