Name: Foundation Office & Mailing Address: 808 Landmark Drive, Suite 223, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Address: Foundation Office & Mailing Address: 808 Landmark Drive, Suite 223, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Telephone: (443) 795-4498

Give

"On This Date in Cryptologic History" Calendar

Learn about a wide variety of historical events related to cryptology, computers, math, cybersecurity, Intelligence, and more.

June 2030

This Month

Go to Previous Go to Next

26	27	28	29	30	May 31	Jun 1
						1944: Jargon Code Message Announced D-Day Invasion
						1931: Herbert Yardley's "The American Black Chamber" was released.

2	3	4	5	6	7	8
		1944: U-505 Captured by U.S. Navy Task Group.	1969: USAF RC-135E "Rivet Amber" was lost over the Bering Sea.	1944: D-Day	1991: Joseph Mauborgne, code and cipher expert & WWI Army Signal Corps Officer died.	1967: USS Liberty attacked by Israeli forces.
		1942: Battle of Midway began.	1918: BG Marlborough Churchill became Chief, MID.		1954: Death of Alan Turing, famed mathematician and cryptologist

9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	1917: U.S. Army MI-8 Established.	1941: Herbert O. Yardley hired by Canada's National Research Council.	1862: J.E.B. Stewart began his infamous ride around McClellan's Army of the Potomac	Publication of Brownell Committee Report - laid foundation for NSA.	1942: Signal Intelligence Service took possession of Arlington Hall.

16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	2014: ATF honors Elizebeth Friedman	1979: Presidents Carter and Brezhnev signed SALT II Treaty.	1963: US-USSR agreed to "hotline."		1843: Publication of first installments of "The Gold Bug" by Poe	1960: GRAB, first reconnaissance satellite, launched.
			1934: Communications Act of 1934 signed by President Roosevelt

23	24	25	26	27	28	29
1955: ASA assumes duties from Signal Corps.	1918: "Potomac Code" was issued.	1532: Hernan Cortes Letters - first known use of cryptography in New World.		1860: Albert J. Myer, developer of flag "wig-wag" code appointed Signal Officer.	2007: Commissioning of Coast Guard Cryptologic Group at NSA.	1942: Allies realized code was broken by Germans.
1976: Diffie and Hellman presented public-key exchange idea.					1968: USS Liberty was decommissioned.	1998: Frank Rowlett, cryptologic pioneer, died.