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April 7, 1945
In the context of Operation Ten-Gō , a suicide mission of the Japanese navy to counter the American advance on Okinawa, the battleship Yamato , accompanied by a light cruiser and eight destroyers, is sent to confront an American fleet of eight aircraft carriers. Furthermore, the Americans have in reserve three additional aircraft carriers, six battleships, cruisers and destroyers. They will not need it. At 2:23 p.m., off the Ōsumi peninsula, the 72,000-tons Japanese giant explodes under the blows of 386 aircrafts from the American naval aviation, resulting in the death of 3,332 crew members. There will be only 277 survivors.
In the context of Operation Ten-Gō , a suicide mission of the Japanese navy to counter the American advance on Okinawa, the battleship Yamato , accompanied by a light cruiser and eight destroyers, is sent to confront an American fleet of eight aircraft carriers. Furthermore, the Americans have in reserve three additional aircraft carriers, six battleships, cruisers and destroyers. They will not need it. At 2:23 p.m., off the Ōsumi peninsula, the 72,000-tons Japanese giant explodes under the blows of 386 aircrafts from the American naval aviation, resulting in the death of 3,332 crew members. There will be only 277 survivors.
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April 9, 1865
Four years almost to the day after its outbreak, the American Civil War officially ends with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee to General Ulysses S. Grant. at the Battle of Appomattox Court House . For the American history, this conflict will have left 620,000 dead and 410,000 injured, more than the sum of the victims of all the other conflicts in which they have participated.
Four years almost to the day after its outbreak, the American Civil War officially ends with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee to General Ulysses S. Grant. at the Battle of Appomattox Court House . For the American history, this conflict will have left 620,000 dead and 410,000 injured, more than the sum of the victims of all the other conflicts in which they have participated.
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April 10, 1963
During deep-dive trials, the American nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) , under command of Lieutenant Commander John Wesley Harvey, disappears with all hands (129 victims) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Researchs conducted by the US Navy uncovers the wreckage in June. Studies on the cause of the sinking, carried out from deep-sea photographs, recovered artifacts and design evaluation, concluded that a waterway was caused by the failure of a salt-water piping system joint, resulting in the automatic shutdown of the reactor. Deprived of power, the submarine descended to the depth of the hull's implosion.
The sinking of USS Thresher is the first in history concerning a nuclear submarine.
During deep-dive trials, the American nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) , under command of Lieutenant Commander John Wesley Harvey, disappears with all hands (129 victims) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Researchs conducted by the US Navy uncovers the wreckage in June. Studies on the cause of the sinking, carried out from deep-sea photographs, recovered artifacts and design evaluation, concluded that a waterway was caused by the failure of a salt-water piping system joint, resulting in the automatic shutdown of the reactor. Deprived of power, the submarine descended to the depth of the hull's implosion.
The sinking of USS Thresher is the first in history concerning a nuclear submarine.
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April 11, 1970
The Saturn V SA-508 rocket tears itself away from the pad 39A of the Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center .
On board, the three astronauts of the NASA mission Apollo 13 , Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise, think they will reach the Moon about 99 hours later. Of course they don't know yet that, in about 56 hours, they will have a problem...
The Saturn V SA-508 rocket tears itself away from the pad 39A of the Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center .
On board, the three astronauts of the NASA mission Apollo 13 , Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise, think they will reach the Moon about 99 hours later. Of course they don't know yet that, in about 56 hours, they will have a problem...
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April 12, 1862
During the American Civil War, civilian scout and part-time spy James J. Andrews leads a raid of Union Army volunteers behind Confederate lines. The plan is to steal a train en route north towards Chattanooga, stopping to damage or destroy the track, bridges, telegraph cables and track switches behind them, in order to prevent the Confederate army to be able to move troops and supplies from Atlanta to Chattanooga.
This action, known as the Great Locomotive Chase , entered American history as the first for which the Medal of Honor , created the year before, was awarded. Private Jacob Wilson Parrott will be the very first recipient, awarded on March 25, 1863.
During the American Civil War, civilian scout and part-time spy James J. Andrews leads a raid of Union Army volunteers behind Confederate lines. The plan is to steal a train en route north towards Chattanooga, stopping to damage or destroy the track, bridges, telegraph cables and track switches behind them, in order to prevent the Confederate army to be able to move troops and supplies from Atlanta to Chattanooga.
This action, known as the Great Locomotive Chase , entered American history as the first for which the Medal of Honor , created the year before, was awarded. Private Jacob Wilson Parrott will be the very first recipient, awarded on March 25, 1863.
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April 18, 1943
During the Solomon Islands campaign, four days after having gathered premium intelligence from the cryptanalysis project Magic regarding a high value target, heighteen American Lockheed P-38G long range fighters from the 339th Squadron, under command of Major John W. Mitchell, take off from Kukum Field at Guadalcanal. Two of them must abandon the mission, due to technical problems. At 09:34, over the Bougainville Island, the sixteen remaining U.S aircrafts intercept and destroy a Japanese formation consisting in two Mitsubishi G4M1 "Betty" bombers escorted by six Mitsubishi A6M2 fighters. Onboard one of the Japanese bombers, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto , Commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, is killed with all of his escort, except the Japanese ace Warrant Officer Kenji Yanagiya, who will survive WW2 severely mutilated.
The success of Operation Vengeance , obtained at the price of one American casualty, Lieutenant Raymond K. Hine, MIA, will deeply shock Japan, raise the morale in the United States and sound as the American revenge against Admiral Yamamoto as the responsible of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
During the Solomon Islands campaign, four days after having gathered premium intelligence from the cryptanalysis project Magic regarding a high value target, heighteen American Lockheed P-38G long range fighters from the 339th Squadron, under command of Major John W. Mitchell, take off from Kukum Field at Guadalcanal. Two of them must abandon the mission, due to technical problems. At 09:34, over the Bougainville Island, the sixteen remaining U.S aircrafts intercept and destroy a Japanese formation consisting in two Mitsubishi G4M1 "Betty" bombers escorted by six Mitsubishi A6M2 fighters. Onboard one of the Japanese bombers, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto , Commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, is killed with all of his escort, except the Japanese ace Warrant Officer Kenji Yanagiya, who will survive WW2 severely mutilated.
The success of Operation Vengeance , obtained at the price of one American casualty, Lieutenant Raymond K. Hine, MIA, will deeply shock Japan, raise the morale in the United States and sound as the American revenge against Admiral Yamamoto as the responsible of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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