February

3rd – Four Chaplains Day (1943)

10th – Death of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1957)

April

6th – The U.S. enters World War I (1917)

June

5th – Death of Ronald Reagan (2004)

6th – D-Day (1944)

August

2nd – Signing of the Declaration of Independence (1776)

7th – Purple Heart Day (1782)

September

2nd – V-J Day (1945)

11th – Terrorist attacks on America (2001)

14th – Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)

October

2nd – Death of Samuel Adams (1803)

19th – John Jay sworn in as America’s first Chief Justice (1789)

November

15th – Death of John Witherspoon (1794)

December

7th – Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)

14th – Death of George Washington (1799)