Today in History – March 28

2003 – In a “friendly fire” incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard’s 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.

A-10 Landing (Birds Eye)
A-10 Landing

1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

'Memorial to Jesse Owens' by Curtis Patterson (Birds Eye)
'Memorial to Jesse Owens' by Curtis Patterson

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