1941 – The 99th Pursuit Squadron, one of several units associated with the
Tuskegee Airmen (pictured), is activated. The
Tuskegee Airmen were the first all-black units of the
Army Air Corp, and became one of the most successful and awarded units of
World War II.
1863 - The
SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate
cruiser, was destroyed on her maiden voyage with cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000. The wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and pioneer
underwater archaeologistE. Lee Spence.