TODAY IN MILITARY HISTORY
0 Medal of Honor Day
31 The Resurrection, according to Dionysius Exiguus
421 Foundation of Venice
708 Consecration of Pope Constantine (708-715)
1300 Sometime cavalryman Dante Alighieri claimed to have taken a little walk.
1306 Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scots (1306-1329)
1581 Portuguese Cortes names Philip II of Spain as King of Portugal
1655 Battle at Annapolis, Md: between Puritans & Royalists
1669 Eruption of Mt Etna, 20,000 die
1715 Acession of King Frederick Wilhelm I of Prussia (1713-1740), father to Frederick the Great -- Learn More
1799 First Battle of Stockach: Austrians defeat the French
1799 The French capture Florence
1807 British Parliament abolishes the Trans-Atlantic slave trade
1809 Battle of Medellin: The French defeat the Spanish
1813 USS 'Essex' takes 'Neryeda', first USN victory in the Pacific
1821 Metropolitan Germanos of Patras blesses a flag at the Monastery of Agia Lavra, initiating the Greek War for Independence from the Ottomans
1836 Texians win a small skirmish at Rocky Creek
1864 Battle of Paducah, Ky (Forrest's raid)
1865 Battle of Fort Stedman, VA: Lee's last offensive
1898 Asst SecNav Theo. Roosevelt urges the Navy to support Samuel Langley's aviation experiments.
1905 Most battle flags captured during the Civil War are returned to the South
1915 First USN submarine disaster: USS 'F-4' sinks off Hawaii, 21 die
1937 Pact of Belgrade: Italy & Yugoslavia sign a non-aggression treaty
1945 US 4th Armored Division captures Hanau and Aschaffenburg
1945 US First Army breaks out of the Remagen bridgehead
1958 Elvis gets a G.I. haircut
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