2015 Event Japanese protesters gather outside the nation's parliament building to oppose changes proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to allow Japanese combat defense aid to allied nations for cases in which Japan itself is not under attack 2015 Event Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announces that Arab leaders will be combining their military resources to combat violence in the region; Saudi Arabia has already led joint forces in airstrikes on Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen 2014 Event The United States and allied forces end the combat mission in Afghanistan, which began in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.; about 13,000 troops will stay to train Afghan police and military forces in their fight against the Taliban 2014 Event 705 military troops will be sent to Iraq by the U.S. to assist in planning assistance to groups affected by the advance of Islamist State militants; President Barack Obama states that the troops will not be involved in combat 2013 Event Iran releases a new Qaher-313 combat jet which they claim can evade radar detection 2012 Event Dallas, Texas Mayor Mike Rawlings declares a state of emergency after an outbreak of West Nile Virus kills at least 17 people; the city plans to combat the mosquitoes with aerial spraying of pyrethroid insecticides 2012 Event The U.S. Department of Defense produces new guidelines that remove restrictions on the use of women in combat 2011 Event In South Korea, 1.4 million domestic pigs are buried alive to combat an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease 2010 Event Christina Figueres of Costa Rica is appointed by U.N. Secretary - General Ban Ki Moon to lead efforts to combat global warming and climate change 2003 Event President George W. Bush declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over 2000 Death Rick Jason, actor, Combat, dies at 74 1999 Death Dick Peabody, actor, Combat, dies at 74 1994 Death Mark Robert Isfeld, combat Engineer, dies at 31 1994 Event U.S. Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship 1991 Event Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft 1988 Event 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador 1986 Event UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS 1983 Event Last 80 U.S. combat soldiers in Grenada withdrew 1980 Death Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79 1974 Death Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77 1973 Event MPLA/FNLA accord about combat against Portuguese Libya 1972 Event Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam 1965 Event 1st U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Johnson 1965 Event U.S. ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam 1965 Event 1st U.S. combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines) 1962 Birthday Mark Robert Isfeld, combat engineer 1954 Event Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War 1953 Event U.S. government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China 1944 Death Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies 1944 Event 1st British jet fighter used in combat, Gloster Meteor 1944 Event 1st jet fighter used in combat, Messerschmitt 262 1943 Event 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission, over Italy 1942 Event Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia and Balkan 1942 Event 1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane 1941 Event Cease fire of Joan of Arc, ends combat in Lebanon and Syria 1935 Birthday Michael Slory, Suriname poet, Bitter Combat 1932 Event Communist Party of Holland forms Unemployed Combat Committees 1931 Birthday Vic Morrow, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Combat, Roots, Twilight Zone the Movie 1929 Birthday Jack Hogan, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, ator, Combat, Adam 12, Sierra 1925 Birthday Shecky Greene, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/actor, Love Machine, Combat 1917 Event 1st U.S. soldiers killed in combat in WW I 1917 Event In WW I, the 1st U.S. soldiers are killed in combat 1879 Event James Ritty patents 1st cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio saloon 1877 Event 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers
