Thread by @WestWingReport

Editorial cartoon - this day, 1784:
"America throwing its master"

The first U.S. naval aviator: Eugene Ely makes the first takeoff from a warship - USS Birmingham - in Norfolk, this day 1911 (part of a new book from WWR's Pauil Brandus: "This Day in U.S. Military History") amazon.com/This-Day-U-S-M…

This Day, 1942: President Roosevelt ordered aliens from Japan, Germany and Italy to register with the government. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, thrusting America into WWII, it was feared that citizens of German, Italian or Japanese descent could sabotage the war effort (more)

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Roosevelt was particularly worried about the West Coast, which he feared could be attacked by Japan (Japan did send balloon bombs across the Pacific, and in one incident, several people in Oregon were killed)

This Day, 1943: FDR and British Prime Minister Churchill met in Casablanca, Morocco to plot the next phase of WWII. Soviet Premier Stalin was invited but couldn't attend. It was decided that the Allies would demand the unconditional surrender of the Axis (Germany, Italy & Japan)

What a difference a year makes

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Of the letters and telegrams she received, Mrs. Kennedy said: “The knowledge of the affection in which my husband was held by all of you has sustained me and the warmth of these tributes is something I shall never forget. Whenever I can bear to, I read them…"

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There is a touching book about the 1.5 million letters and telegrams sent from around the world to Jacqueline Kennedy. It is difficult for Americans today to fathom what a cataclysmic global event her husband's assassination was