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National Guard Birthday
History · Commemorative · December 13
Honoring the National Guard, the citizen soldiers and airmen who serve their states and the nation while keeping civilian jobs and lives.
National days on December 13, 2026
Also on December 13
On this day
- 1623: The Plymouth Colony establishes the system of trial by 12-men jury in the American colonies. Plymouth Colony
- 1636: The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians, a date now considered the founding of the National Guard of the United States. Massachusetts Bay Colony
- 1962: NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit. NASA
- 1972: Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon. Apollo program
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