"I have seen the face of terror, I have felt the stinging cold of fear. I have lived the times most would say are best forgotten. But at least I can say I am proud of what I was -- a Soldier."
-- Unknown
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Al Jahrah As Sulaybiyah Kuwait CityToday in History1521 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam.
1814 - In the Battle of Craonne, Napoleon's 37,000 French troops defeat 90,000 Prussians.
1820 -The Missouri Compromise, enacted by Congress and signed by President James Monroe, provides for Missouri's admission as a slave state, but prohibits slavery anywhere else in the northern Louisiana purchase territory.
1836 - The Alamo falls. Among the U.S. dead are David Crockett, frontiersman and former Tennessee Congressman, and Jim Bowie, renknowned knife fighter.
1857 - In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court rules that blacks do not have citizenship rights.
1884 - Susan B. Anthony, with more than 100 suffragists, demands that President Chester A. Arthur support the right to vote for women.
1901 - In Bremen, a would-be assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.
1914 - German Prince Wilhelm de Wied is crowned King of Albania.
1916 - In the Battle of Verdun, the Allies recapture France's Fort Douamont.
1928 - A Communist attack on Beijing leaves 3,000 dead. 50,000 escape towards Swatow.
1939 - Jose Miaja takes over Spain's government following a military coup, vowing "peace with honor."
1943 - The RAF bombs Essen and Krupp Arms in Ruhr, Germany.
1945 - General Courtney Hodges and the First Army capture Cologne, Germany.
The bridge at Remagen is secured by troops from the U.S. 9th Armored Division.
1947 - Winston Churchill opposes withdrawal of troops from India.
1948 - Western powers agree to internationalize the Ruhr region.
1953 - Georgi Malenkov is named Soviet premier following Stalin's death.
1960 - In Switzerland, women are given the right to vote in municipal elections.
1965 - The United States announces it will deploy 3,500 troops to Vietnam.
1971 - Operation Lam Son 719 is ongoing in Vietnam. This would be some of the bloodiest fighting of the war.
1967 - President Johnson announces his plan to establish a draft.
1975 - Iran and Iraq announce that the border dispute is over.
1980 - In Tehran, Iran, Islamic militants announce that American hostages will be released to the Revolutionary Council.
Birthdays1831 - Philip Henry Sheridan, Union Army general.
1937 - Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova, Russian astronaut, first woman to orbit Earth.
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