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1943: First Bombe to Nebraska Ave.
1918: Hudson Field Code
1968: "Star Trek: The Enterprise Incident"
1983: KAL 007 Shot Down
1945: Japanese Surrender Event
1939: Army's SIS Translates PURPLE
1997: National Vigilance Park Dedicated
1958: C-130 Shot Down
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1972: 11 Israeli Olympic athletes & German policeman killed.
1941: Winston Churchill Visited Bletchley Park
1983: Inventor Boris Hagelin Died.
1947: Grace Hopper & the First Computer "Bug"
1877: Frank Moorman (AEF Radio Intel) was born.
2001: al-Qaeda Attacks in U.S.
1940: Army & Navy Joint Exploitation of PURPLE
2015: President Obama visited NSA to thank the workforce.
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1918: U.S. Offensive on the Saint-Mihiel
1945: Signal Security Agency becomes ASA
1971: Cryptologic Pioneer Agnes Driscoll Died
1967: David Kahn's book, "The Codebreakers" was published.
1947: USAF Established
1946: Elizebeth Friedman departs the U.S. Coast Guard.
1892: Birth of Philip Johnston - whose idea to use the Navajo language as a code during WWII would save countless lives.
1994: Death of Charles Tevis - first DEFSMAC director
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1956: First Civilian NSA Deputy Director Joseph Ream
1983: Three Inventors Receive Patent for Encryption Algorithm RSA
1957: First NSA Open House
1980: Iran-Iraq War Began
1780: Treasonous Ciphered Letter
1891: American Cryptologic Pioneer William Friedman Born
1918: "Colorado" Field Code Issued
1807: Alfred Vail, Telegraph Co-Inventor Born
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1918: Meuse-Argonne Offensive
1940: Purple Analog #1 Started Decryption
1978: Fort Meade Protective Service
1924: Edward Hebern Received Patent
1967: First Vice-Presidential Visit to NSA
1953: Frank Moorman Died
1986: President Reagan Dedicated NSA Ops Bldgs
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