Cryptologic Dates in History Calendar

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						1942: German Navy introduced 4-rotor Enigma
						1942: FRUMEL established to assist General MacArthur
						1943: SIS began Venona Project
						1949: USAFSS received first cryptologic units from the ASA.

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1962: Air Force Security Service began operations in South Vietnam	1945: Truck lost at Colmar, France causes theater-wide search		1973: EC-47 with the callsign Baron-52 shot down over Laos	1802: Sir Charles Wheatstone, cipher inventor, born.	1919: Lt. William Friedman left AEF G6A2 to return to U.S.	1587: Mary, Queen of Scots, executed for treason.
1462: Birthday of Johannes Trithemius	1963: Intercept operations began at Phu Bai		1969: USAF EC-47, "CAP 72," lost in Vietnam	1963: Genevieve Young Hitt, early U.S. female cryptologist, born in 1885 and died on 6 Feb 1963.	1943: Naval Security Station moved to Nebraska Ave.	1941: First Americans visit Bletchley Park.
			2010: Peter Calvocoressi died.		1960: Inventor Gilbert Vernam died.
			1944: Colossus activated by Bletchley Park.		1930: David Kahn, noted cryptologic historian was born.

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1926: Enigma introduced into German Navy as Radio Key C.	1952: Inventor Edward Hebern died.	1970: RAND Corp published Ware Report	1944: Signing of King-Marshall Agreement		Sweetheart Codes	1946: The ENIAC computer begins operating.
	1962: Gary Francis Powers was Released After Spending 21 Months in a Soviet Prison.	Inventors' Day & the Wadsworth Cipher				President's Month OTD - DEC Alpha
	1943: Establishment of the 805th Signal Service Company for operation of the SIGSALY.

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1973: Ribbon-cutting for National SIGINT Operations Center (NSOC)	1960: Howard Engstrom - Exceptional Service	1933: Government seizure of cryptologist Herbert Yardley's "Japanese Diplomatic Secrets."		1939: Japanese first use of PURPLE	1846: Sarah G. Bagley became first female telegrapher.	1996: Memorial Wall in OPS2B (at NSA) was dedicated.
1976: "Village Voice" Published Full Pike Report	1972: NSCID 6 established CSS.				1777: Benedict Arnold overlooked for promotion.

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1927: Radio Act of 1927.	1954: First NSA Historian - CAPT Thomas Dyer, USN	1863: US govt took control of commercial telegraphs during Civil War.	1881: Joseph Mauborgne, code & cipher expert, was born.		1917: President Wilson was informed of the contents of the Zimmermann telegram.
1932: Boris Hagelin receives first cryptographic patent.	2001: Claude Shannon, cryptologic pioneer, died.		1981: NSA sponsored exhibit opened at Smithsonian.		1991: Cessation of Gulf War hostilities.
1996: Lt Gen Kenneth Minihan, USAF, became DIRNSA.			1993: al-Qaida terrorists bombed World Trade Center.

1802: Sir Charles Wheatstone, cipher inventor, born.

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1963: Genevieve Young Hitt, early U.S. female cryptologist, born in 1885 and died on 6 Feb 1963.

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1926: Enigma introduced into German Navy as Radio Key C.

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1944: Signing of King-Marshall Agreement

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Sweetheart Codes

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1933: Government seizure of cryptologist Herbert Yardley's "Japanese Diplomatic Secrets."

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1939: Japanese first use of PURPLE

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1996: Memorial Wall in OPS2B (at NSA) was dedicated.

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1863: US govt took control of commercial telegraphs during Civil War.

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