1874 American inventor Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire.
1936 German pacifist Carl von Ossietzky is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for uncovering German re-armament.
1944 US bombers based on Saipan begin first attack on Tokyo.
1950 UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas.
1954 Air Force One, first US Presidential airplane, christened.
1979 US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange.
1981 First air-launched cruise missile tested.
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