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Old 03-01-19, 07:25 AM   #2677
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1912 U.S. Army Captain Albert Berry performs first (attached-type) parachute jump from an airplane.

1913 David Beatty becomes Rear-Admiral Commanding the Royal Navy's 1st Battlecruiser Squadron.

1917 US government releases the plain text of the "Zimmermann Telegram" to the public.

1942 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, US suffers a major naval defeat.

1953 Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.

1954 US explodes Castle Bravo, 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll - most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the US.
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