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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
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