Firefighters perform a pre-entry safety check before attempting to battle a fire in the Army Motor Pool, June 19, 2007, on Camp Adder, Iraq. Due to munitions contained in the building and no potential for loss of life, the firefighters switched to defensive operations for the blaze using six trucks to keep it under control and confined to the building. The firefighters are assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron at Ali Air Base, Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert W. Valenca


Firefighters head in to put out a blaze in the Army Motor Pool, June 19, 2007, on Camp Adder, Iraq. Due to munitions contained in the building and no potential for loss of life the firefighters switched to defensive operations for the blaze using six trucks to keep it under control and confined to the building. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert W. Valenca


Firefighters rest after attempting an exterior attack on a fire in the Army Motor Pool on Camp Adder, Iraq, June 19, 2007. The firefighters are assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron at Ali Air Base, Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert W. Valenca


Firefighters attempt to control a fire in the Army Motor Pool on Camp Adder, Iraq, June 19, 2007. Due to munitions contained in the building and no potential for loss of life, the firefighters switched to defensive operations for the blaze using six trucks to keep it under control and confined to the building. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert W. Valenca


Firefighters perform an exterior attack on a fire in the Army Motor Pool, June 19, 2007, on Camp Adder, Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert W. Valenca


Two firefighters perform an exterior attack on a fire in the Army Motor Pool, June 19, 2007, on Camp Adder, Iraq. The firefighters are assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron at Ali Air Base, Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert W. Valenca


A fire burns out of control in the Army Motor Pool, June 19, 2007, on Camp Adder, Iraq. Due to munitions contained in the building and no potential for loss of life, firefighters assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron at Ali Air Base, Iraq, switched to defensive operations for the blaze using six trucks to keep it under control and confined to the building. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert W. Valenca


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IRAQ
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Today in History
1535 - Sir Thomas More goes on trial for treason in England.
1690 - England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (Now celebrated as "The Battle of the Orange").
1776 - The first vote on the Declaration of Independence.
1795 - John Rutledge (member of Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence signer, assisted with drafting the Constitution) becomes the second Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1847 - The first U.S. postage stamps go on sale, (5¢ Franklin, 10¢ Washington).
1861 - In San Francisco, the first public schoolhouse opens.
1862 - Congress outlaws polygamy; Day 7 of the 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill.
1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg begins
1869 - The U.S. mint at Carson City, NV, opens.
1870 - James W. Smith of SC is the first African-American to enter West Point; the second, Henry Flipper, enters West Point this day in 1873.
1874 - Four-year-old Charles Ross is held for $20,000; the first U.S. kidnapping for ransom.
1881 - The first international telephone conversation takes place ( Maine to Canada).
1889 - Frederick Douglass is named Minister to Haiti.
1898 - Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill.
1919 - The First Class postage rate drops from 3¢ to 2¢.
1943 - Taxes are first withheld from paychecks.
1963 - The USPS institutes the zip code (Zone Improvement Plan).
1968 - The U.S., U.S.S.R., Britain, and 58 other nations sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty.
1982 - The Kosmos 1383, first search and rescue satellite, is launched.
1997 - China regains sovereignty of Hong Kong.

Birthdays
1810 - Walter White, NAACP secretary
1861 - Samuel D. Riddle, racehorse owner (Man 'o War)
1872 - Louis Bleriot, first man to fly an airplane across English Channel
1879 - Léon Jouhaux, French socialist, co-founder of the UN International Labor Organization, Nobel Prize winner
1930 - Imelda Marcos former First Lady of the Philipines / shoe collector
1934 - Jamie Farr, actor (Klinger-M*A*S*H, AfterMASH)
1961 - Lady Diane Spencer (Princess Di), Princess of Wales

Passings
1958 - Dr. Harry Nicholls Holmes, crystallized Vitamin A
1983 - R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Campbell, Burton W., USAF (OH); F105 shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel in 1996, alive and well as of 1998

Peters, Charles Henry, USN (NE); A4E shot down, remains returned October, 1988

Williams, Robert C., USAF (IL); A1E shot down, remains returned October, 1998

1972
Cheney, Kevin J., USAF (FL); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel as of 1996 - alive as of 1998

Robinson, Paul K. USAF (OH); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel in 1988 - alive and well as of 1998

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