1871 – Franco-Prussian War: Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice. Yawwwwnnnnnn!
1915 – An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard from Life Saving & Revenue Cutter services. Happy birthday, Coasties!
1915 – US President Woodrow Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates. Today ACORN and the dimmocrat “community organizers” make sure they VOTE…
1981 – Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission (Space Shuttle Challenger disaster) – Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff killing all seven astronauts onboard. Lives lost on the pathway to the stars…
1991 – Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule. He’s that last ruler of Somalia. It is now a lawless land ruled by survival of the fittest.
Heh. Just had a discussion with an active LCDR and a retired CW4. They’re adamant that the CG birthday was August 4, 1790. The 1915 act was a reorganization, not an establishment. No matter what the act said.