1862: The U.S. Navy’s first seaworthy ironclad warship, Galena, was launched in Connecticut. Read a short history of the Galena's development, on HistoryNet.com.


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U.S. Marine Corps guards are seen aboard the U.S.S. Galena, when they wore chin straps and facial decoration, date unknown. The U.S.S. Galena sailed from 1862 to 1872.
Photo Credit: Cliff Owen/AP

Also today in history, in the U.S. and elsewhere:

1779: Britain’s "Southern Strategy" to deal with the colonists’ rebellion suffered a major setback when the Georgia militia commanded by Colonel Andrew Pickens intercepted Loyalists en route to join British forces in Augusta, in the Battle of Kettle Creek. For a loss of seven to nine men killed and 14 to 23 wounded or missing, the Georgian Patriots killed anywhere from 40 to 70 Tories and wounded or captured 75. 

1804: Karadjordje led the first Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

1919: The Polish-Soviet War began. Why did Poland and the new Soviet Union go to war? Read a background on the war on HistoryNet.com.

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