1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War II. (U.S. forces succeeded in capturing the Japanese island June 22 after a battle in which more than 240,000 ...

Zimmerman is based in Melville, New York.

1775, Patrick Henry delivered an address to the Virginia Provincial Convention in which it is said he declared, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” 1933, the German Reichstag adopted the ...