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Category: Military, Firearms and Police
Highlighting global events relating to military, policing, and weapons.
This category includes military, military careers, military actions, events related to policing, police, sheriff, secret services, espionage, war, conflicts, weapons and firearms.
Military Events
G.I. Joe Day (1964): February 2
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GI Joe Day marks the anniversary of the launch of the first action figure created for boys, the GI Joe Doll, On February 2, 1964. The doll was retired in 1994 but continues on in video games.
January
Four Chaplains Memorial Day (1943): Februa...
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During WWII, the USAT Dorchester, a troop ship, was making its way across the Atlantic when it was torpedoed by German U-boats of the Southern coast of Greenland. The passengers onboard fell into the wate...
January
Heroes' Day (MZ)(1969): February 3
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Armed Struggle Day (AO)(1961): February 4
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Armed Struggle Day in Angola marks the anniversary of February 4, 1961, the day the nation's rebels began their successful bid for independence of colonial rule from Portugal. This is a national holiday.
January
USO Day, (1941): February 4
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Soviet Union Soviet Union Communist Party...
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This is the 30th Anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union. On February 7, 1990 the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agreed to give up its monopoly on power. It was the beginning of the en...
January
Victory Day (IR)(1979): February 11
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On February 11, 1979, the Shah of Iran, installed by the US and UK after a successful coup in 1953 against the democratically elected government, was deposed and forced from power by a popular uprising h...
January
Plum Pudding Day (Electrons 1897): Februar...
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Internment Day (1942): February 19
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America Saves Week: February 20-27
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America Saves Week (also called Military Saves Week when targeted at active service members) is coordinated by America Saves and the America Savings Education Council. The Week is an annual opportunity f...
January
Defender of the Fatherland Day (RU)(1918):...
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During the Russian civil war, on February 17, 1918 the first major draft of soldiers into the new Red Army occurred in Petrograd and Moscow. On the 23rd of February, the Red Army was officially establishe...
January
Revolving Pistol Day (1836): February 25
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National Revolving Pistol Day marks the anniversary of the invention of the Colt Revolver. On February 25, 1836 the Colt Revolving Pistol was patented. This changed guns and warfare forever, though it wou...
January
Liberation Day (KW)(1991): February 26
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Marking the anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait from Iraq by coalition forces: February 26, 1991. This is a national holiday in Kuwait.
January
Independence Day (DO)(1844): February 27
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Independence Day marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Dominican Republic from Haitian occupation, February 27, 1844. This is a national holiday in the Dominican Republic.
January
Peace Memorial Day (TW)(1947): February 28
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On February 27 and 28th, 1947, Taiwanese students rose up against Republic of China's government. A massacre ensued with somewhere between 18,000 and 28,000 killed by the government. This anniversary mar...
January
Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day (1822): March 1
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Today is the Anniversary of the United States Navy's presence in the Far East beginning March 1, 1822. The Asiatic Fleet was formed in 1902, reestablished in 1910, and continued to serve into 1942. Thr...
January
Heroes' Day, Ntl. (PY)(1870): March 1
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Mars (god) Month: March
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Mars Month celebrates the month's namesake, the Roman god of war, Mars. In early Roman history he was a god of spring, growth in nature, fertility, and the protector of cattle. Mars is also mentioned as...
January
Samiljol (KR/KP)(1919): March 1
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In 1919, the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese occupation. At the time, Seoul was the only capital city, and the people of Korea had grown weary of the now ten-year occupation. On March 1, 1919, the ent...
January
Adwa Day (ET)(1896: March 2
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The Battle of Adwa, March 2, 1896, in which Ethiopians defeated Eritrea's Italian colonial army in the Ethiopian city, remains one of the great battles against colonialism in Africa. Defending their land,...
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