1918 German World War I fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen aka "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France. Canadian pilot Arthur Roy Brown is credited with the kill.
1945 WWII: Allied forces conquer le Shima, Okinawa in 5 days; 5,000 die
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel", becomes #1
1963 Beatles meet the Rolling Stones for the first time
1972 John Young & Charles Duke explore the moon as part of NASA mission Apollo 16
1984 After 37 weeks Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by movie soundtrack for "Footloose"
1986 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on live TV and finds nothing, except great ratings for his spectacle
1989 World premiere of sports fantasy film "Field of Dreams", in Dubuque, lowa; based on W. P. Kinsella's novel "Shoeless Joe", and starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta and Burt Lancaster
1994 Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRs in a games (11 times)
2021 Russian President Vladimir Putinwarns the West not to cross a "red line" in his state of the union address, amid massing of 100,000 Russian troops on Ukraine border
2023 US Supreme Court rules abortion pill mifepristone can remain widely available, blocking ban by Texas US district judge
Itโs National Yellow Bat Day
๐ฆMeet and Greet ๐ฆ
On this day in 1967, the Army activated the 265th Army Security Agency Company with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, KY
The official insignia of the 265th is a bat with outstretched wings on a full moon rising
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