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352 Accession of Pope Liberius (352-366)
884 Election of Pope Adrian III (884-885), later canonized
1102 Second Battle of Ramalah: Crusaders defeat the Fatimids
1198 Frederick II von Hohenstaufen, age 4, crowned King of Sicily (1198-1150)
1540 Battle of Kanauj: The Afghans defeat the Moghuls
1648 Battle of Zusmarshausen: Swedes defeat the Imperialists
1742 Battle of Chotusitz: Prussians defeat the Austrians
1756 Seven Years' War: Britain declares war on France
1794 Battle of Tourcoing, Day 1: French v. Austro-English (ends 18th)
1797 Royal Navy's Sptihead "Mutiny" ends peacefully (from April 16)
1809 Napoleon annexes the Papal States to his Empire
1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden
1849 Great Fire of St. Louis
1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge: Grant begins sealing off Vicksburg
1864 Battle of Adairsville, Ga: Union forces Confederate retreat
1876 Rosebud Campaign: Custer & the 7th Cavalry leave Fort Lincoln
1890 Havana: Magazine explosion, 34 die, c. 100 injured
1900 The Boers besiege Mafeking
1905 Norway declares independence from Sweden
1938 Bound for California, Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan lands in Dublin
1940 Germans capture Brussels
1942 Japanese sub 'I-28' sunk by 'Tautog' (USS-198). 'I-164' by 'Triton' (SS-201)
1943 Operation Chastise: RAF 617 Squadron ("The Dam Busters) destroys the Ruhr Valley dams in the wee hours
1944 Burma: Merrill's Marauders take Myitkina airfield in a coup de main.
1944 Royal Navy raids Surabaya, Java
1944 Surabaya: American heavy bombers stage nocturnal raid
1945 Last major surface naval battle of WW II: Jap. CA 'Haguro' sunk by Br DDs, Malacca Str.
1974 Protestant Ulster "Unionist" terrorists detonate four bombs in the Irish Republic, 33 die, including children.
1980 Race riot in Miami, 16 killed, c. 300 injured
1987 USS 'Stark' (FFG-31) hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
2006 USS 'Oriskany' (CV-34) is sunk as a reef in the Gulf of Mexico
