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1972 – First flight of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (a.k.a. “Warthog”). The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is […]

The capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of

Major General Bruno Arthur Hochmuth Born May 10, 1911 d. 1967 American soldier. He was the first U.S. general killed

German submarine U-110 was a Type IXB U-boat of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. She was

John Sedgwick (September 13, 1813 – May 9, 1864) was a military officer and Union Army general during the American

Sinking of the Lusitania May 7, 1915 This civilian steamer RMS Lusitania is sunk by the German U-20 submarine’s torpedo,

Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., KBE, DSC (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer and decorated

May 6, 1937 The Hindenburg Disaster – “Oh, the Humanity!” News reporter Herbert Morrison makes his famous proclamation, “Oh, the

Martin Robison Delany (May 6, 1812 – January 24, 1885) was an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, soldier, and writer, and

The heaviest losses the 140th New York would incur in a single battle were incurred during severe fighting in the