During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Air Force of the Empire of Japan, strafes the USS Panay, killing two sailors of the navy of the United states.

       [restored 7/18/2022]

Subsequent Events:

12/7/1941                  6/8/1967                  1/23/1968

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 343.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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