756 Battle of Cordoba: The Yemenites defeat the Quaisiti
1004 King of the Germans & later HRE Henry II is crowned King of Italy (1004-1024) at Pavia, sparking bloody rioting
1314 The Earl of Moray captures Edinburgh from the English
1509 Battle of Agnadello: the French defeat the Venetians
1559 Battle of Deoraj: Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb defeats Dara Shikon
1639 "The Trot of Turriff": Lt Col William Johnston, Sir George Ogilvy, & Sir John Gordon rout the Covenanters
1643 Louis XIV becomes King of France at 4 (1643-1715)
1653 The Massachusetts Council declares that one eighth of each militia company be available to march on one day's warning.
1801 Tripoli declares war on the US, initiating the First Tripoli War (1801-1805)
1804 Lewis & Clark Expedition sets out from St Louis
1811 Paraguay declares independence from Spain, then largely under French occupation
1836 Mexican President Santa Anna, a prisoner of the Texans, signs the Treaty of Velasco, conceding Texan independence -- Learn More
1836 Conress authorizes the Wilkes Expedition to explore the South Seas
1845 USS 'Constitution' lands Marines at Danang, Indochina
1856 USS 'Supply' delivers 50 Turkish camels to the US Army at Indianola, Texas
1859 Napoleon III assumes command of Franco-Piedmontese forces at Genoa
1860 Battle of Calatafimini: "Here we make Italy, or we die!" - Garibaldi
1863 Battle of Jackson, MS
1864 Maj Arthur MacArthur assumes command of the 24th Wisc, at age 18 -- Learn More
1889 The 1859 screw sloop USS 'Brooklyn' is stricken from the Navy List
1898 US-Spanish naval skirmish outside Havana
1932 New York: thousands march in "We Want Beer!" demonstration
1940 Nazis bomb Rotterdam: rumor and propaganda inflate the number of deaths (c. 800) to 30,000, prompting The Netherlands to surrender
1941 Nazis arrest 3,600 Jews in Paris
1942 The US Army forms the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)
1943 Solomons: Japanese minesweepers clear Kula Gulf.
1943 Japanese submarine sinks Australian hospital ship 'Centaur' off Brisbane, 268 of 332 persons aboard die; wreck is found in 2009, with the Red Cross still prominent on her sides
1944 Merrill's Marauders make a surprise attack on the Japanese-held airport at Myitkyina.
1945 Kamikaze strikes USS 'Enterprise" (CV-6)
1945 US offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf Hill captured
1948 Israel declares independence
1955 The USSR and its satellites form the Warsaw Pact (1955-1989)
1974 The American radical Symbionese Liberation Army shoots it out with police; 6 die
1975 US raids free lead the "Khmer Rouge" to free the 'Mayaguez', after heavy losses on both sides
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