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- Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658),Parliamentarian general, Lord Protector of England

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Today in Military History

January 14



1943:

Casablanca conference begins, Churchill and Roosevelt agree to prepare for invasion of France and meanwhile (once North Africa is conquered) to invade Sicily


1950:

A North Star aircraft from the Experimental and Proving Establishment, based in Rockcliffe, Ontario, completes the first non-stop trans-Canada flight


1952:

HMCS Uganda is renamed Quebec




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