Today in History – December 23

2002 – A MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25, making it the first time in history that an aircraft and an unmanned drone had engaged in combat.

Predator Drone Taking Off From Remote Airstrip (Birds Eye)
Predator Drone Taking Off From Remote Airstrip
Iraqi MiG-25 "Foxbat" off airstrip at Al Asad (Google Maps)
Iraqi MiG-25 "Foxbat" off airstrip at Al Asad

1783 – George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.

Maryland State House (Google Maps)
Maryland State House

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