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U.S. Coast Guard Day
Commemorative · History · August 4
U.S. Coast Guard Day honors the service branch that guards American coasts and waterways, rescues people at sea and keeps shipping lanes safe.
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On this day
- 1790: A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard). Tariff
- 1821: The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper. The Saturday Evening Post
- 1914: World War I: In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality. World War I
- 1969: Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail. Vietnam War
- 2007: NASA's Phoenix Mars lander is launched. NASA
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