What happened today in history

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Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about what happened today in history


1814
Francis Scott Key writes the words to the "Star Spangled Banner" as he waits aboard a British launch in the Chesapeake Bay for the outcome of the British assault on Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.




1901Vice President Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as the 26th President of the United States upon the death of William McKinley, who was shot eight days earlier.



1966 Operation Attleboro, designed as a training exercise for American troops, becomes a month-long struggle against the Viet Cong.




1984
Joe Kittinger, a former USAF fighter pilot during the Vietnam War, becomes the first person to pilot a gas balloon solo across the Atlantic Ocean.



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