Death of WWI Ace Eddie Rickenbacker
On July 23, 1973, Eddie Rickenbacker died in Züruch, Switzerland. Rickenbacker had received a record eight Distinguished Service Crosses and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
On July 23, 1973, Eddie Rickenbacker died in Züruch, Switzerland. Rickenbacker had received a record eight Distinguished Service Crosses and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
On July 15, 1918, the Germans launched the Second Battle of the Marne, hoping to split the French and American troops.
On June 28, 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by a Bosnia Serb nationalist, sparking World War I.
On June 23, 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Civil Aeronautics Act, creating the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire ratified the U.S. Constitution and was admitted to the Union.
On June 20, 1863, West Virginia joined the Union as the 35th state.
Just 29 years after gaining independence, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world by declaring war on June 18, 1812, in what would become America’s “Second War of Independence.”
On June 15, 1836, Arkansas was admitted as the 25th state of the Union.
On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army, the precursor of the United States Army.