101 Significant Events by Dates

Question 1

1775, 10 November

Answer 1

When was the Marine Corps created?

Question 2

1776

Answer 2

Who - MC First Landing.
When - Revolutionary War.
Where - New Providence Island, Bahumas.
Why - (Leatherneck)

Question 3

1805

Answer 3

Marines storm the Barbary Pirates’ stronghold at Burma, shores of Tripoli.

Marines first raise the Stars and Stripes in the eastern hemisphere.

Question 4

1834

Answer 4

USMC organized under the Department of the Navy.

Question 5

1847

Answer 5

Battle of Chapultepec. MC occupy the Halls of Montezuma.

Question 6

1868

Answer 6

USMC adopted the EGA

Spread Eagle on the USMC emblem a symbol of the Nations itself.

Globe and Anchor Worldwide service and sea traditions.

Question 7

1883

Answer 7

Semper Fidelis become the official motto of the USMC

Question 8

1900

Answer 8

Marines from ships on the Asiatic station defend the American Legation in Peking China

Question 9

1912

Answer 9

Established the its Aviation Unit. 1 Aug 1912.

Question 10

1917

Answer 10

Landed in French. Took part in 8 operations and earned the French Fourragere.

Question 11

1933

Answer 11

Marine Corps reorganized into the Fleet Marine Force.

Question 12

1965

Answer 12

Marines landed in South Vietnam; conducted large scale offensive operations.

Question 13

1982

Answer 13

Deployed to Beirut, Lebanon, Peacekeeping Force // “Forces in Readiness”

Question 14

1983

Answer 14

Oct 23, A Suicide Bomb attack on 1st Battalion 8th Marines. Killed 124 / wounded 70.

Question 15

1991

Answer 15

Operation Desert Storm. Marines ground forces swept into Kuwait.

Question 16

2001

Answer 16

9/11 World Trade Center Bombing. Operation Enduring Freedom.

Global War on Terror. 7 Oct, 2001

Question 17

2003

Answer 17

Invasion of Iraq, Led by US, alongside UK, Australia and Pland.