Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American US Army brigadier general.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ferried a US National Reconnaissance Office payload into orbit.
The Wounded Knee Massacre took place.
US Marines landed in Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope in order to secure the trade routes to deliver food to the people.
Elvis Presley enlisted in the US army.
Wikileaks published classified information about the war in Afghanistan.
