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Police and Army paratroopers opened fire on a crowd of people after a transistor radio was mistaken for a gun. Roquemore was shot and killed. February 8, 1968 Samuel Ephesians Hammond Jr. 18 Orangeburg, South Carolina: South Carolina Highway Patrol officers shot at a group of protesters at South Carolina State University, killing three.
The Army General Classification Test (AGCT) has a long history that runs parallel with research and means for attempting the assessment of intelligence or other abilities. [1] World War I and World War II created the need for this type of testing and provided a large body of test subjects. The early emphasis (World War I) was on determining the ...
3 June: RADM Sandra Stosz assumed command of the Coast Guard Academy, becoming the first woman superintendent of that institution, and the first woman to command any U.S. service academy. [3] 4 June: Heidi Shyu became United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery ( ASVAB) is a multiple choice test, administered by the United States Military Entrance Processing Command, used to determine qualification for enlistment in the United States Armed Forces. It is often offered to U.S. high school students when they are in the 10th, 11th and 12th grade, though ...
Army Alpha. The Army Alpha is a group-administered test developed by Robert Yerkes and six others in order to evaluate the many U.S. military recruits during World War I. [1] It was first introduced in 1917 due to a demand for a systematic method of evaluating the intellectual and emotional functioning of soldiers.
Lloyd Austin answers questions on Swedish and Finnish accession to NATO. Recorded February 15, 2023. Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army four-star general who has served as the 28th and current United States secretary of defense since January 22, 2021. Before retiring from the military in 2016, Austin ...
The New Year Honours 1968 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 29 December 1967 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1968.
24 January – The final of the 2023–24 Big Bash League season is played at the Sydney Cricket Ground where the Brisbane Heat win against the Sydney Sixers by 54 runs. [336] 27 January – Aryna Sabalenka wins the women's singles final at the 2024 Australian Open, defeating Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-2. [337] 28 January –.