1. Future President James Madison is born on this day in 1751 in Port Conway, Virginia. Madison, became America's fourth president in 1809. .
2. The United States Military Academy--the first military school in the United States-- Located at West Point, New York, the U.S. Military Academy is often simply known as West Point.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's story of adultery and betrayal in colonial America, The Scarlet Letter, is published.
3. On this day, the west Pacific volcanic island of Iwo Jima is declared secured by the U.S. military after months of fiercely fighting its Japanese defenders.
4. On this day in 2003, race car driver Ricky Craven wins the Darlington 500, crossing the finish line .002 seconds ahead of Kurt Busch for the closest recorded finish in National Association for Stock Car Racing (NASCAR) history. In May 2009,
5. The mighty army of Union General William T. Sherman encounters its most significant resistance as it tears through the Carolinas on its way to join General Ulysses Grant's army at Petersburg, Virginia.
Just to name a few.
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