431 BC Peloponessian War begins [Alt] (431-404 BC)
878 Battle of Ethandune: Alfred the Great defeats the Danes
1342 Pierre Roger elected Pope as Clement VI (1342-1352)
1355 Massacre of 1,200 Jews at Toledo
1429 Joan of Arc breaks the English siege of Orleans
1592 Battle of Yvetot: Spanish defeat the French
1682 HM Frigate 'Gloucester' wrecked off the English coast, with heavy loss of life
1714 Founding of New Orleans, by the French Mississippi Company [See 1429]
1727 Tsarina Catherine I of Russia expels Jews from Ukraine
1748 French capture Maastricht
1763 Pontiac's Rebellion: Pontiac attacks the British in Ft. Detroit
1765 HMS 'Victory' is launched
1779 US Sloop-of-War 'Providence' captures HM Brig 'Diligent'
1832 The Great Powers recognize Greek independence from Turkey
1848 Battle of Stretta di Ospitale: Italians defeat the Austrians
1861 Knoxville, Tn: Riot between Secessionists & Unionists
1862 Battle of West Point/Eltham's Landing/Barnhamsville, VA
1866 Otto von Bismarck is wounded by an assassin
1898 Skirmish at Havana: US ships & Spanish batteries exchange fire
1915 German 'U-20' torpedoes the liner 'Lusitania', 1198 die
1920 Russo-Polish War: The Poles capture Kiev
1937 Germany's Condor Legion arrives in Spain to help the Nationalists
1939 Hitler & Mussolini proclaim the Rome-Berlin Axis
1940 Winston S. Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the UK (1940-1945, and again later 1951-1955)
1942 Battle of the Coral Sea, Day 1: US sinks CVL 'Shoho', loses an oiler and destroyer
1942 British capture Diego Suarez, Madagascar, from the Vichy French.
1942 Japanese submarine-borne aircraft reconnoiter Aden.
1942 Nazis order murder of pregnant Jewish women in Kovno
1943 Nazis require all Dutch men 18-35 to report for labor service
1943 SS 'G. W. Carver' launched, 1st Liberty Ship named for a black American
1943 British troops capture Tunis, the US 1st Armored Div captures Ferryville and the 9th Infantry Div takes Bizerte
1943 US destroyers mine the Blackett Strait, between between Kolombangara & Arundel in the Solomon Islands
1944 Heavy Allied air raids on Japanese shipping lanes to Rangoon and Bangkok
1945 Germany signs a preliminary surrender agreement
1945 The SS opens fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22
1945 The Dutch "Princess Irene Bde" liberates The Hague
1954 Dien Bien Phu: Vietminh overrun the French after a 55-day siege
1956 Franco-Algerian War: Battle at Oran, 300 die
1957 USAF F-104 Starfighter reaches 90,000 feet
1985 Ticker tape parade on Broadway to honor Vietnam Veterans
1992 Maiden voyage of the space shuttle 'Endeavor'
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