0 Feast of St. George, Patron of England and of Soldiers
1014 Battle of Clontarf: The Irish defeat the Danes
1154 Damascus surrenders to Sultan Nur ad-Din of Aleppo
1296 Battle of Spottismuir: Edward I & the Earl of Surrey defeat & depose John Balliol, King of Scotland
1348 Edward III founds the Order of the Garter
1374 King Edward III grants Geoffrey Chaucer a pitcher of wine a day
1449 Battle of Borgomanero: Bartolomeo Colleoni defeats the French & Savoyards
1521 Battle of Villalar: Spanish Crown defeats the Communero Rebels
1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason
1826 The Turks capture Missolonghi, Greece, amid great slaughter
1861 Arkansas troops seize Ft Smith
1861 Texas forces capture U.S. Army post at San Antonio
1861 Robert E Lee named major general and commander of Virginia state forces
1864 Red River Expedition: Battle of Cane River/Monett's Ferry
1891 Jews are expelled from Moscow
1918 The Dover Patrol sinks a German U-boat in the North Sea
1918 The Royal Navy & Royal Marines raid Zeebrugge, Belgium, which yields eight Victoria Crosses, but no real success
1938 Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self-government
1941 King George II of Greece flees abroad before the Nazi invaders
1943 New Guinea: Australian Kanga Force is relieved by their 3rd Div on the Mubo front.
1943 USS "Seawolf" (SS-197) sinks a Japanese patrol vessel, Yellow Sea
1945 Allies in Italy reach the Po River
1945 Balikpapan, Borneo: USN uses guided missiles for the first time, 2 BATS, 2 hits on Japanese shipping
1949 Red Chinese occupy Nanking
1950 Nationalist Chinese evacuate Hainan Island
1967 Soyuz 1 launched
1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die
1990 Namibia joins the United Nations and the becomes the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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