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1998 1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace
1995 Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote) 1995 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song 1994 John Bradley, raised U.S. flag at Iwo Jima, dies at 70 1990 U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass 1990 Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional 1989 Supreme Court rules ok to burn U.S. flag as a political expression 1988 Latvian flag raised in Riga for 1st time since annexation by U.S.S.R. 1976 Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues U.S. flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire 1975 Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (False Flag), dies at 77 1965 NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold 1964 Canada adopts maple leaf flag 1960 America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled 1959 America's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled 1956 Israeli flag hoisted on Mount Sinai 1954 Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising U.S. flag) dedicated in Arlington 1954 Greg Ginn, born in America, guitarist, singer, songwriter, leader, Black Flag, hardcore punk, Rolling Stone's, 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time 1951 USAF flag approved 1948 Flag of Israel is adopted 1945 U.S. Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo and statue 1943 15 German JU-88's sink Italian flag ship Rome 1942 Alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus 1941 American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Philadelphia 1936 A flag is authorized for Vice President 1925 57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8 1922 Largest U.S. flag displayed (150' X 90') expanded in 1939 (270' X 90') 1916 Official flag of president of U.S. adopted 1912 Albanian National Flag adopted 1908 Star #46 was added to U.S. flag for Oklahoma 1898 American flag raised in Puerto Rico 1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchand hoists French flag in Fashoda, Sudan 1898 U.S. flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War) 1894 U.S. flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Admiral Benham 1891 Puerto Rican flag adopted 1865 Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot 1865 Confederate congress approves final design of "official flag" 1863 Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars and Bars" 1862 General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed U.S. flag on display over New Orleans Mint 1861 Naval Engagement at Charleston, South Carolina USS Flag vs BR Alert 1861 Confederate States adopt "Stars and Bars" flag 1856 Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy and lower British flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War 1850 Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary, Flemish Flag 1820 Joseph R. Drake, U.S. poet (American Flag), dies at 25) 1818 Congress decided U.S. flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars 1813 1st U.S. flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex 1794 Congress changes U.S. flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes 1790 Columbia returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st ship to carry U.S. flag around the world 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales 1777 Continental Congress adopts Stars and Stripes replacing Grand Union flag 1777 English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting U.S. flag 1776 1st revolutionary flag displayed 1776 General George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag 1775 1st official U.S. flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) 1752 Elizabeth Griscom, Betsy, Ross, flag maker 1606 England adopts Union Jack as its flag |
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