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indynerdgirl · 7 months

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Happy 248th Birthday to the US Navy!

The bravery of four Catholic chaplains in the line of duty has been recognized by US Navy vessels named in their honor:

Father Aloysius H. Schmitt and the USS Schmitt

Aloysius H. Schmitt was born in St. Lucas,Iowa on December 4, 1909, and was appointed acting chaplain with the rank of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) on June 28, 1939. Serving on his first sea tour, he was hearing confessions on board the battleship USS Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. When the ship capsized, he was entrapped along with several other members of the crew in a compartment where only a small porthole provided a means of escape. He assisted others through the porthole, giving up his own chance to escape, so that more men might be rescued. He received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal posthumously for his courage and self-sacrifice. St. Francis Xavier Chapel, erected at Camp Lejeune in 1942, was dedicated in his memory.

The destroyer escort USS SCHMITT was laid down on February 22, 1943, launched on May 29, 1943, and was commissioned on July 24, 1943. The USS Schmitt was decommissioned and placed in reserve on June 28,1949 and struck from the Navy list on May 1,1967.

Father Joseph T. O'Callahan and the USS O'Callahan

Joseph T. O'Callahan was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 14, 1905. He received his training for the Roman Catholic priesthood at St. Andrews College, Poughkeepsie, New York and at Weston School of Theology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to his commissioning as a Navy chaplain on August 7, 1940, he was head of the mathematics department at Holy Cross College. His earlier duty stations included the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, the USS Ranger, and Naval Air Station, Hawaii.

Chaplain O'Callahan was the Senior Chaplain aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin when the Japanese attacked it off the coast of Kobe, Japan, on March 19, 1945. After the ship received at least two well-placed bomb hits, fuel and ammunition began exploding and fires were rampant. The final casualty count listed 341 dead, 431 missing and 300 wounded. Captain L.E. Gehres, commanding officer of the carrier, saw Chaplain O'Callahan manning a hose which laid water on bombs so they would not explode, throwing hot ammunition overboard, giving last rites of his church to the dying, organizing fire fighters, and performing other acts of courage. Captain Gehres exclaimed, "O'Callahan is the bravest man I've ever seen in my life."

Chaplain O'Callahan received the Purple Heart for wounds he sustained that day. He and three other heroes of the war were presented the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman. He was the first chaplain of any of the armed services to be so honored. He was released from active duty 12 November 1946 to resume his teaching duties and died in 1964.

The destroyer escort USS O'Callahan was laid down on February 19, 1964 and launched on October 20, 1965. Chaplain O'Callahan's sister, Sister Rose Marie O'Callahan, was the sponsor, the first nun tosponsora U.S. Navy ship. The commissioning took place July 13, 1968, at the Naval Shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts. The USS O'Callahan had its shakedown cruise out of San Diego and later operated largely in anti-submarine training and reconnaissance in the Western Pacific. In 1982-83, the ship had an eight-month deployment in the Indian Ocean. The USS O'Callahan was decommissioned on December 20,1988.

Father Vincent R. Capodanno and the USS Capodanno

Vincent R. Capodanno was born in Richmond County, New York, on February 13, 1929. He was an avid swimmer and a great sports enthusiast. After receiving his training at Fordham University in New York City, Maryknoll Seminary College in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and Maryknoll Seminaries in Bedford, Massachusetts and New York City, New York, he was ordained on June 7, 1957 by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York and Military Vicar of the Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate. Shortly thereafter, he began an eight-year period of service in Taiwan and Hong Kong under the auspices of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society.

Chaplain Capodanno received his commission with the rank of Lieutenant on December 28, 1965. Having requested duty with Marines in Vietnam, he joined the First Marine Division in 1966 as a battalion chaplain. He extended his one-year tour by six months in order to continue his work with the men. While seeking to aid a wounded corpsman, he was fatally wounded on September 4, 1967 by enemy sniper fire in the Quang Tin Province. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty...." He had previously been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for bravery under battle conditions.

The destroyer escort USS Capodanno keel was laid down on February 25, 1972; the ship was christened and launched on October 21, 1972 and commissioned on November 17, 1973. The USS Capodanno was designed for optimum performance in anti-submarine warfare. Deployments included operations in the Western Atlantic, West Africa, the Mediterranean, and South America. The USS Capodanno was decommissioned on July 30, 1993.

Father John Francis Laboon, SJ and the USS Laboon

John Francis Laboon, Jr., a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, native, born April 11, 1921, was a member of the Class of 1944 at the U.S. Naval Academy and a distinguished athlete. In World War II, Ensign Laboon was awarded the Silver Star for bravery for diving from his submarine, the USS PETO, to rescue a downed aviator while under heavy fire. Lieutenant Laboon left the Navy after the war to enter the Jesuits. With the Navy never far from his thoughts, he returned to his beloved "blue and gold" as a chaplain in 1958. For the next twenty-one years, he served the Navy-Marine Corps team in virtually every community and location including tours in Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, and Vietnam, where he received the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" for his fearless action as battlefield chaplain. He was the first chaplain assigned to a Polaris Submarine Squadron and Senior Catholic Chaplain at the Naval Academy. Captain Laboon retired in in 1979 as Fleet Chaplain, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and died in 1988.

The launching of the guided missile destroyer Laboon nicknamed the "Fearless 58" took place on February 20, 1993, at Bath Iron Works. The highlight of the event was the presence of the honoree's three sisters and brother. Christening the ship were sisters De Lellis, Rosemary, and Joan, all members of the Sisters of Mercy. Rev. Joseph D. Laboon of the V.A. Medical Center of New Orleans offered the invocation. Former Chief of Navy Chaplains and the then-current Archbishop of New York, Cardinal John O'Connor, offered remarks. The commissioning of the USS Laboon took place on March 18,1995 in Norfolk, VA. Throughout a lifetime of service to God and Country, Chaplain Laboon was an extraordinary example of dedication to Sailors and Marines everywhere.

[all information from the USCCB website]

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brookstonalmanac · 12 days

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Events 4.19 (after 1940)

1942 – World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp. 1943 – World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews. 1943 – Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16, an event commonly known and celebrated as Bicycle Day. 1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco. 1960 – Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign. 1971 – Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president. 1971 – Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station. 1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate–LaBianca murders. 1973 – The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel. 1975 – India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia. 1975 – South Vietnamese forces withdrew from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War. 1976 – A violent F5 tornado strikes around Brownwood, Texas, injuring 11 people. Two people were thrown at least 1,000 yards (910 m) by the tornado and survived uninjured. 1984 – Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours. 1985 – Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later. 1987 – The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with "Good Night". 1989 – A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors. 1993 – The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including 18 children under age 10, died in the fire. 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six. 1999 – The German Bundestag returns to Berlin. 2000 – Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board. 2001 – Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-100 carrying the Canadarm2 to the International Space Station. 2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI. 2011 – Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961. 2013 – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown. 2020 – A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history. 2021 – The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet.

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leatherbark · 10 months

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The Pipefitter

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“Reveille! Reveille! All hands on deck. Sweepers, man your brooms. Petty officers to the quarterdeck!” bellows the officer of the deck. The bugler’s frenzied call floods all berths. In seconds, crewmen stand at their lockers, suiting up in work dungarees. As every morning since its commission in 1945, the USS Oklahoma City stirred her 1400 sailors and platoon of Marines to duty with unchanging regularity.

In a cavernous top rack, Marine Corporal Shelley lies awake below pipes running helter-skelter through the compartment overhead. A rope-lashed canvas on a narrow aluminum frame limits freedom of movement. No mattresses on CLG 5.

Not once since assigned to the vessel four months ago has the bugler wakened him. Sleepless in the early hours, he recounts terror in the Vietnamese highlands; the NVA mortar round, and medivac for multiple shrapnel wounds. Surgeons at Yokosuka Naval Hospital removed all but the smallest slivers that often erupt in festering sores. The injury may have saved him. Many of his unit suffered a worse fate. After recovery, transfer to a ship bound for Vietnam came as a disheartening blow. His spit and polish detachment provides security, honor guards, and orderlies.

In a spotless service khaki uniform, he goes to breakfast, where his fire team reserved him a seat. The Corporal assumes responsibility for them “on the beach,” which is no small duty, considering Manila’s notorious record. His friend Doc Calzia recounts bloody victims brought to sick bay.

They wolf down s-t on a shingle, scrambled eggs, and cold toast before getting down to business. Each one chimes in, volunteering facts and fantasy.

“They say Pasay City is off limits.”

“Good way to get cut up.”

“Let’s do it.”

Shelley spent his Vietnam R&R in Manila and felt confident, but cautiones, “We go to the same bar. Don’t drink more than two beers or get tricked into following nobody. Most of the women are decent farm girls trying to support poor families. Be nice. If we take them out, it’s to one hotel. Stay close. Nothing stupid.”

At midships, Washam and Sleuter fail inspection, change and pass after another attempt. Squids hate jarheads. A weathered first-class boatswain’s mate loves goading Marines.

On the dock, a fat moneychanger in a gala jeepney offers a free ride. Rogers hands her a hundred-dollar check from his sister’s bank. “No problem,” she says. And away they speed to forbidden Pasay.

Bus passengers called out, “Joe, hey Joe.”

Hawkers approached selling chicharon (fried pig skin).

Before Marcos declared martial law, men armed themselves in public, an NRA paradise. Gun violence spiraled out of control. Closer to their destination, the teeming slum grows more raucous. Shelley recalls Danang’s dusty riot. Uneasiness dampened their cavalier attitude.

“Many bar there, many girl,” says their driver, pointing to a Malibay side street.

The avenue narrows to little more than an alley. Tables stand beside roadside rails of open-air bars. The late morning crowd ignores them. An older woman in an apron and an ankle-length dress invites them to sit for a San Miguel beer on ice. At the far corner, a merchant marine holds a young girl on his lap. In relative quiet, conversation turns to Corporal Shelley.

“We know they don’t want you to talk about it, but there ain’t nobody here.”

“Yeah, that must have been something to see.”

“Wonder why he did that?”

Though of slight build, time in-country earned him respect of the detachment. He never held it over them, even if he felt duty aboard a flagship demeaning for Marines.

He sits upright, speaking in a restrained Georgian drawl, seldom making eye contact.

“I had security at the inquiry. We marched into the stateroom full of officers watching. He saluted the skipper behind a desk crammed with papers. All so formal. And it began. On and on, the longest I ever saw, and me standing at attention beside him.”

Seaman Vickers, stood stiff and erect throughout the proceeding, a tall, well built, Cincinnati native, the only black man present. A dark-skinned, flawless complexion lent his strong features a sculpted quality. He expressed an air of indifference, as though bored with it all.

The captain shuffled documents, read a moment, grabbed some more, paused, accused the pipefitter of violating Article such-and-such, and repeated the exercise. A God-like presence reeked of unquestioned authority, his performance intended to impress the audience. Vickers played a minor role, given little opportunity to speak.

“They had him nailed from the start. All those forms signed by lifers and officers saying he threatened to kill that second class with a pipe wrench. Got him on some other articles, too.”

“Did he really hit him?” asks Sleuter.

“No, just raised it overhead. Never said a word. That’s enough. They pick up on this kind of thing. Lets them show who’s boss. Besides, Vickers is black.

“Mueller swaggered up to present his case. He has some practice. Wrote a lot of people up before. Not a single question. Let him ramble on and on, whining like a cat.”

A quick glance at him confirmed the Navy had gutter types within the non-commissioned ranks. Potbellied, greasy hair, uneven gray teeth, slouching posture, a habit of speaking while racing his eyes about, features so fitting of the common place bully. He acted the part with consummate skill, always in character, on the attack. The Division’s lower ranked sailors stayed clear of him. After a fitful presentation, he shuffled away, head high, proud of himself.

“The captain had his papers all over the table. Looked nervous pushing them around. He glared at Vickers and read.”

‘Is there anything that you wish to offer that would lessen the seriousness of these charges or mitigate them?’

‘No, Sir.’

‘I find you committed all offenses presented here.

I impose the following punishment: bread and water for three days. Confined Stateside for the duration of your enlistment and dishonorably discharged from the United States Navy.’

No response from Vickers, eyes fixed straight ahead.

“I took him forward to the brig and stayed until the next dog watch. You know the rules: No talking to prisoners. He laid on the rack. Never moved a muscle. Must have planned it from the very beginning.

“I piled it on every day, as we always do. Made his life hell. I got no love for his people. At home, we’d soon see them in the back of the bus and at their own schools. But we couldn’t break Vickers. You have to respect that.

“He chipped fresh paint for me. That gets them mad. Even scrubbing the Head didn’t make no difference to him,” adds Washam.

A practiced, ill-tempered voice commands a prisoner’s every move, a maddening routine that punishes Marines much as inmates, antagonizing their natural antipathy for sailors.

In passageways, before all doorways, “Permission to enter.”

“Go.”

At the galley, “permission to eat.”

“Eat.”

The head

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“There’s a pipefitter from my hometown on board. I spoke to him about what happened. Says Mueller smells bad as he looks. Likes to get up close and when he yells in your face, he sprays you with spit. He singled the guy out when he came aboard. Gave him rotten details and hassled him non-stop.”

“On that afternoon, the Division worked shoulder to shoulder in a tight corner of the chain locker. Vickers held a twenty-four-inch wrench on a pipe that wouldn’t budge. Behind him, Mueller kept poking with his dirty finger, cussing loud. We knew something had to happen. Then he yanked the tool off and held it high. We pushed him into the passageway and wrestled his hands free. Would he have laid into him? Who knows?”

Navy justice didn’t consider the question relevant. Witnesses faced dire consequences if their depositions brought up months of harassment Vickers suffered. The military protects their Lifers.

Those who “go Asiatic” transfer from ship to ship, remaining home ported in Japan or the Philippines during their entire enlistment. A more shiftless tribe of rascals never sailed the seas. A job, clean sheets, all you can eat, money to satisfy their perversions; what more should a real man want? Year in and year out, their vessels cruised Yankee Station,* blind to the horror wreaked by their batteries firing at villages far into the bush. While the crew played at war, Vickers began a third week of his sentence.

Jailer and inmate settled upon an unspoken measure of mutual respect. A rigid plan of the day manages activities in the brig, intended to exhaust, demoralize, and humiliate inmates. The ordeal begins at 0400.

“I marched him up to the fantail under bright lights for the morning workout. From the looks of him, he worked out at the gym often enough, more like a Marine, never a problem keeping up. I kept a way off. After several minutes, he stopped all of a sudden, looked at me, and said, ‘I’m going to jump,’ in a calm voice. He didn’t give me a chance to think. In a flash, he bolted to the rail, climbed over and dived into the screws. I made it there in time to watch him hit the foamy water.”

Two lifeboats search till dark but return empty-handed. At Quarters, LT Williams fails to mention the “incident,” as he later defines it.

“So what did the man say to you?”

“Asked a few questions and told me to keep my mouth shut. Gunny thinks they’ll pin it on us if there’s an investigation.”

But no more comes of the tragedy. Excitement ashore soon drowns all thought of the disaster only a week before.

A few thin girls arrived in tight jeans with shiny long hair pinned back. The team orders another round. With entertainment at hand, they move on to more pressing needs.

*Yankee Station - coast of South Vietnam

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bobmccullochny · 1 year

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History

April 19, 1775 - At dawn in Massachusetts, about 70 armed militiamen stood face to face on Lexington Green with a British advance guard unit. An unordered 'shot heard around the world' began the American Revolution. A volley of British rifle fire was followed by a charge with bayonets leaving eight Americans dead and ten wounded.

April 19, 1943 - Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto staged an armed revolt against Nazi SS troops attempting to forcibly deport them to death camps.

April 19, 1989 - Forty-seven U.S. sailors were killed by an explosion in a gun turret on the USS Iowa during gunnery exercises in the waters off Puerto Rico.

April 19, 1993 - At Waco, Texas, the compound of the Branch Davidian religious cult burned to the ground with 82 persons inside, including 17 children. The fire erupted after federal agents battered buildings in the compound with armored vehicles following a 51-day standoff.

April 19, 1995 - At 9:02 a.m., a massive car-bomb explosion destroyed the entire side of a nine story federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 persons, including 19 children inside a day care center. A decorated Gulf War veteran was later convicted for the attack.

#Todays Smile

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georgemcginn · 2 years

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tigermike · 2 years

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Salute to the attack submarine USS Oklahoma City, decommissioned today after 34 years of distinguished service, including during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. “THE SOONER THE BETTER”!!

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judgemark45 · 11 months

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(July 1964) USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5) Yokosuka Naval Station, Japan, Nara Image

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lonestarbattleship · 3 years

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View of the Starboard side of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), while she was docked to a pier in the New York Navy Yard, on August 5, 1916.

NARA: 45512589

#USS Oklahoma (BB-37)#USS Oklahoma #Nevada Class #Battleship #Dreadnought #August #1916 #New York Navy Yard #New York City #New York #united states navy #us navy #u.s. navy #navy #usn #colorized photo #my post

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lmages-remade · 3 years

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i hate the us navy what the fuck kindof name is "USS Gerald R. Ford"

#uss OKLAHOMA CITY !#c

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nicholassabalos · 5 years

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Flying on the surface....

APRA HARBOR, Guam (September 24, 2019) -- United States Navy Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723) arrives back in her homeport....

....appearing here to be flying across the beautiful harbor waters....after a long patrol beneath the sea.

Apra Harbor; USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723) is in the middle of this harbor in the top photo.

USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723)

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>>CLICK the top photo for a close-up....

>>Top photo: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger, USN

#U.S. Navy #USN #Navy #submarine #USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723)#Guam #perspective #Mass Communications Specialist

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brookstonalmanac · 9 months

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Events 7.29 (after 1900)

1900 – In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci. His son, Victor Emmanuel III, 31 years old, succeed to the throne. 1901 – Land lottery begins in Oklahoma. 1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement. 1914 – The Cape Cod Canal opened. 1920 – Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project. 1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. 1932 – Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans. 1937 – Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians. 1945 – The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music. 1948 – Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London. 1950 – Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn. 1957 – The International Atomic Energy Agency is established. 1957 – Tonight Starring Jack Paar premieres on NBC with Jack Paar beginning the modern day talk show. 1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union. 1965 – Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay. 1967 – Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134. 1967 – During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead. 1973 – Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi. 1973 – Driver Roger Williamson is killed during the Dutch Grand Prix, after a suspected tire failure causes his car to pitch into the barriers at high speed. 1976 – In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks. 1980 – Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution. 1981 – A worldwide television audience of around 750 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London. 1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel). 1987 – Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues. 1993 – The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free. 1996 – The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad. 2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris. 2013 – Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people. 2015 – The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island. 2019 – The 2019 Altamira prison riot between rival Brazilian drug gangs leaves 62 dead. 2021 – The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module Nauka.

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