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1805 First everFirst Barbary War: U.S. Marines engaged forces of the Barbary Coast at the Battle of Derna in Tripoli, marking the first recorded land battle by the United States on foreign soil.
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First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" in the Marines' Hymn).
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1565 First everCebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
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Vintage clipping · 1920
The Ogden standard-examiner (Ogden, Utah), August 15, 1920, (COMIC SECTION)
Page 32 · mentions "weird"
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