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1917: Zimmermann Telegram released to U.S. press.
1918: German ADFGVX cipher first used.
1930: First hire at SIS - Annie Louise Newkirk
1951: Shelby Patterson became chief of the AFSA school.
1971: Loss of Army UH-1 & its crew.
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1971: Cryptologic Pioneer Colonel Parker Hitt.
1832: Death of Jean-François Champollion.
1942: Station HYPO began reading Japanese system JN-25.
1924: William Friedman testifies re: Teapot Dome scandal.
1973: 509th Radio Research Group was resubordinated.
1953: "Direct" SIGINT support to tactical air control center began on Cho Do Island.
1971: Army RU-8 shot down, Vietnam.
1946: BRUSA Communications Intelligence Agreement
1969: Death of Ralph J. Canine, first DIRNSA.
1975: STONEHOUSE site officially closed.
1954: USAFSS started Airborne Reconnaissance Program
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1967: USAF EC-47 loss in Vietnam.
1876: First successful voice transmission over Bell's telephone.
1935: Navy cryptologic organization redesignated OP-20-G as Communications Security Group.
1951: AFSA Training Branch Established
1946: CREAM replaced ULTRA.
1918: Radio Intelligence Service, Mexican border, was established.
1942: Evacuation of Station CAST.
1981: USAF RC-135 lost, Shemya.
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1974: Horst Feistel received a patent for "Block Cipher Cryptographic System."
1938: SIS started receiving messages from Purple.
1962: ASA flew first airborne radio direction finding mission in Vietnam.
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1999: Lt Gen Michael Hayden, USAF, became DIRNSA.
1994: Griffiss Air Force Base finds malware
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1938: Chief Signal Officer Mauborgne permitted to perform intercept and cryptologic services for peacetime training.
1973: Last U.S. troops left Vietnam.
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