Captain Isaac Hull, commanding the USS Constitution (a.k.a. “Old Ironsides”) defeats HMS Guerriere, commanded by Captain James Richard Dacres.

       [restored 11/26/2021]

Subsequent Events:

10/9/1812                   10/18/1812                  5/9/1862

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 70.

Isaac Hull – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Hull

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,161,621,015,445

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