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Anonymous ID: 7039d6 Jan. 20, 2020, 2:21 p.m. No.7862528   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2789 >>2971 >>3096 >>3175

U.S.S. Miller to be Navy's First Aircraft Carrier Named for an African-American

 

The U.S. Navy announced Sunday that it’s naming an aircraft carrier after World War II hero Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller, making him the first African-American to have an aircraft carrier named in his or her honor.

 

Miller is noted for his heroics during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, when he took control of a machine gun on the U.S.S. West Virginia and fired back at Japanese planes. He later received the Navy Cross for valor, making him the first African-American to receive the honor.

 

The U.S.S Miller, a destroyer escort, was previously named after him. That vessel was decommissioned in 1991.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-miller-navys-first-aircraft-193238326.html

Anonymous ID: 7039d6 Jan. 20, 2020, 2:48 p.m. No.7862629   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2648 >>2789 >>2971 >>3096 >>3175

On this day in history, January 20th

1.75-minute clip

 

1778 - 1st American military court martial trial begins in Cambridge, Massachusetts

1936 - King George V dies

1942 - Nazi officials hold Wannsee Conference to organize the "final solution"

1961 - JFK becomes POTUS #35

1965 - US Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars & return

1977 - George H. W. Bush ends term as 11th director of CIA

1981 - Reagan becomes POTUS #40

1981 - Iran releases 52 hostages released after 444 day

2017 - DJT becomes POTUS #45

 

also added some from here:

https://www.onthisday.com/history/day/january/20

Anonymous ID: 7039d6 Jan. 20, 2020, 4:51 p.m. No.7863167   🗄️.is 🔗kun

highlights of January 20, 2020

Foreign pool reports #1 #2

 

We are wheels up en route to Switzerland at 6:45 pm.

 

We’re heading to Switzerland. The flight is slated to last 7 hours and 50 minutes. As always, we won’t have internet on AF1