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2003 President George W. Bush declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over
1996 Jeremy Boorda, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations, dies of suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Washington, D.C. 1996 Arleigh Burke, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War, dies at 94 1991 Pan American World Airways ceased operations 1984 EAA moves operations to Oshkosh 1971 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike 1970 John and Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations 1965 Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao 1964 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay) 1963 CIA Domestic Operations Division created 1956 Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77 1954 IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour 1952 Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers 1948 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time 1947 Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio 1944 Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin 1943 Molotov-Eden-Cordell Hull accord over operations at UN 1943 Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland 1942 Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp 1939 NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight 1938 Jeremy Boorda, born in South Bend, Indiana, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations 1905 Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam 1901 Arleigh Burke, born in Boulder, Colorado, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War 1891 Operations begin at Philips and Co in Holland 1878 Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II 1877 1st U.S. municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations 1870 U.S. Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations) 1853 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations 1826 Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in U.S.) begins operations |
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