TODAY IN NAVAL HISTORY 10 OCTOBER 1913 THE PANAMA CANAL At 1401 this afternoon, in a media event, President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button in the Executive Building of downtown Washington DC. Two thousand miles to the south, dynamite charges Read More
4 AUGUST 1947 MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS BIRTHDAY The number and variety of casualties Navy Medicine faced in the early years demonstrated the need for a cadre of competent medical professionals such as pharmacists, therapists, medical researchers, and the like. By WWII Read More
18 JULY 1947 TRUST TERRITORIES OF THE PACIFIC Ferdinand Magellan made the first European contact with South Pacific Micronesia in 1521. Though Magellan didn’t survive this contact, Spain’s subsequent colonization of the Philippines and their trans-Pacific galleon traffic cemented Iberian control Read More