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August 20 in U.S. military history

1910: 100 feet over New York City’s Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Lt. Jacob E. Fickel becomes the world’s first aerial

1861: The Departments of Northeastern Virginia, Washington, and Shenandoah are merged into one outfit: the Army of the Potomac. Maj.

1777: A force of militiamen from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont – led by Gen. John Stark – clash with

1812: (Featured image) Near Bermuda, the frigate USS Essex fires a devastating broadside at the British sloop HMS Alert. In

1945: While American planes continue hammering Japanese targets, Secretary of State James Byrnes rejects the Japanese War Council’s surrender terms,