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This Day in Naval History - Aug. 09

Friday, August 10, 2012 8:32

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From the Navy News Service

1815 – Captain Stephen Decatur concludes treaty for the United States with Tripoli.

1842 – Signing of Webster-Ashburton Treaty under which United States and Great Britain agreed to cooperate in suppressing the slave trade.

1865 – Return of Naval Academy to Annapolis after four years at Newport, R.I.

1919 – Construction of rigid airship Shenandoah (ZR 1) is authorized.

1941 – Atlantic Charter Conference is first meeting between President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.

1942 – Battle of Savo Island begins; First of many sea battles near Guadalcanal.

1945 – Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. Navy weaponeer arms the atomic bomb.

1949 – First use of pilot-ejection seat for emergency escape in U.S. made by Lt. Jack I. Fruin of VF-171 near Walterboro, S.C.

2012-08-10 08:21:58

Source: http://military-online.blogspot.com/2012/08/this-day-in-naval-history-aug-09.html

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