1367 Battle of Najera/Navarrete: An Anglo-Spanish army defeats a Franco-Spanish army, to confirm Pedro the Cruel as King of Castille (1350-1369)
1559 Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrensis: end of the Franco-Spanish "Italian Wars" (1494-1559) -- Learn More
1860 First ride of the Pony Express
1865 Union forces occupy Richmond & Petersberg, to the tune of "Dixie"
1896 Battle of Tucruf: Sudanese Mahdists defeat the Italians
1922 Stalin is named Secretary-General of Central Committee of the CPUSSR (1922-1953)
1930 Ras Tafari ascends the throne of Ethiopia as Emperor Haile Selassie (1930-1974)
1941 Putsch installs pro-Nazi Rashid Ali al-Ghailani as PM of Iraq, who initiates attacks on Britons & Jews, leading to British intervention (May 2-31)
1942 Bataan: Japanese launch a major offensive.
1942 Burma: Stilwell orders the Chinese to stand at Pyinamana.
1942 First foreign landing on a US carrier: Royal Navy Capt. H.L. St. J. Fancourt's Gloster Gladiator on USS 'Wasp' (CV-7) in the Orkney Islands
1943 New Guinea: Elms 41st Div land at Morobe, near the Waria River, without opposition
1944 British bombers attack the German battleship 'Tirpitz' in Norwegian waters
1944 Burma-India: British juggle forces to stem the Japanese drive on Imphal
1944 Hollandia: major Fifth AF raid on Japanese base.
1945 USSR renounces Apr '41 non-aggression pact with Japan
1948 Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan
1982 Security Council demands Argentina withdraw from the Falkland Islands
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