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January 18 in U.S. military history

1911: During the San Francisco Air Meet, exhibition pilot Eugene B. Ely lands his Curtiss Pusher Model “D” aircraft on

1942: After just a month of war in the Pacific, the United States Navy meets to determine the best way

1822: The sailors of the West Indies Squadron made this a pretty rough day for the pirates of the Caribbean:

1776: After Gen. George Washington’s famous crossing of the icy Delaware River the night before and a eight-mile forced march,

1814: Delegates from the United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Ghent in modern-day Belgium, bringing an end