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The United States Navy Memorial is a memorial in Washington, D.C. honoring those who have served or are currently serving in the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and the Merchant Marine.

It lies on Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 7th Street Northwest and 9th Street Northwest, adjacent to the Archives station of the Washington Metro and the National Archives building. The National Park Service, through its National Mall and Memorial Parks administrative unit, provides technical and maintenance assistance to the foundation.

Associated with the memorial is the Naval Heritage Center, which offers spaces available for rent, and is open year-round.

TODAY’S ALMANAC

1750s

• BORN 1754: MARY MCCAULEY (MOLLY PITCHER)

1790s

• 1792: CORNERSTONE OF THE WHITE HOUSE WAS LAID

1840s

• 1843: THE JEWISH ORGANIZATION B’NAI B’RITH WAS FOUNDED

1870s

• BORN 1877: THEODORE GILMORE BILBO (POLITICIAN)

1880s

• 1884: SEVERAL COUNTRIES ADOPTED THE GREENWICH LONGITUDE AS THE PRIME MERIDIAN

1890s

• 1893: THE COPYRIGHT FOR THE MELODY “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU” WAS REGISTERED

1900s

• 1903: BOSTON AMERICANS (NOW RED SOX) WON FIRST WORLD SERIES
• BORN 1909: ART TATUM (JAZZ PIANIST)
• BORN 1909: HERBERT LAWRENCE BLOCK (EDITORIAL CARTOONIST)

1910s

• BORN 1915: CORNEL WILDE (ACTOR)
• 1915: THE BOSTON RED SOX BEAT THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES

1920s

• BORN 1925: MARGARET THATCHER (FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM)
• BORN 1925: LENNY BRUCE (COMEDIAN)

1940s

• BORN 1941: PAUL SIMON (MUSICIAN)
• DIED 1945: MILTON HERSHEY (AMERICAN MANUFACTURER AND PHILANTHROPIST)
• BORN 1947: SAMMY HAGAR (MUSICIAN)
• BORN 1948: LACY J. DALTON (SINGER)

1950s

• 1955: WILLIAM GOLDING’S NOVEL, THE LORD OF THE FLIES, WAS PUBLISHED IN NEW YORK
• BORN 1959: MARIE OSMOND (SINGER)

1960s

• 1962: WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? OPENED ON BROADWAY
• BORN 1969: NANCY KERRIGAN (FIGURE SKATER)

1970s

• DIED 1974: ED SULLIVAN (TELEVISION PERSONALITY)

1980s

• BORN 1980: ASHANTI (SINGER)
• 1986: EXPO 86 ENDED IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
• 1987: THE UNITED STATES NAVY MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED, WASHINGTON, D.C.
• 1989: STOCK MARKET DROPPED 190.58 POINTS IN WHAT WAS CALLED THE FRIDAY THE 13TH MINI-CRASH

2000s

• DIED 2002: STEPHEN AMBROSE (HISTORIAN)

2010s

• 2010: A 5.1-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
• 2010: THIRTY-THREE MINERS TRAPPED UNDERGROUND FOR MORE THAN 2 MONTHS WERE RESCUED, COPIAPO, CHILE

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