The Battle of Java Sea

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The Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death of 1347, claimed the lives of 1/3rd of Europe’s population.

Native Americans used their Indian languages to cipher/decipher battlefield communications, which left the Nazis unable to intercept the Allies’ battle strategies.

San Francisco’s earthquake of 1906 destroyed 500 city blocks when broken gas mains and a crippled water supply burned down much of the city.

Selected as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts in 1959, Shepard proved to be the the right stuff when he piloted his Mercury-Redstone 3 rocket into space on May 5th, 1961.

The grand opening of Disneyland in 1955 proved to be anything but a smooth and problem-free first day of operations.

Marilyn Monroe sang happy birthday for President John F. Kennedy at a Democratic fundraiser in 1962.

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh became a household name when he successfully flew from New York to Paris in The Spirit of St. Louis aircraft.