TODAY IN MILITARY HISTORY
1086 Abbott Desiderius of Monte Cassino becomes Pope - Bl Victor III (1086-1087)
1153 Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland (1153-1165)
1370 Peace treaty between the Hanseatic League and Denmark
1487 The Pseudo-Edward VI (Lambert Simnel) crowned King of England, in Ireland
1568 Battle of Groningen: Dutch defeat the Spanish
1658 Battle of the Dunes: Anglo-French troops defeat the Spanish near Dunkirk
1689 Parliament guarantees freedom of religion, for Protestants
1764 James Otis coins the phrase "No taxation without representation!"
1818 Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola from the Spanish
1822 Battle of Pichincha: Bolivar secures independence of Peru
1846 Mexican War: Zachary Taylor captures Monterey
1861 Alexandria, VA, occupied by Federal troops
1861 Benjamin Butler declares fugitive slaves Frank Baker, Shepard Mallory, & James Townsend "contraband of war"
1864 Gala reception welcoming the "14th Brooklyn" (84th New York Volunteers) home after three years of war
1871 The Paris Commune begins a massacre of Catholic clergy
1877 The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) meets Lillie Langtry
1883 The Brooklyn Bridge opens
1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State
1916 Britain introduces conscription
1916 Germans capture Ft. Douaumont, Verdun, from the French
1930 Amy Johnson becomes the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia
1939 The McCann Rescue Chamber saves 33 sailors from the sunken 'Squalus' (SS-192), the only time the device has ever been used
1941 Battle of the Denmark Straits: the 'Bismarck' sinks HMS 'Hood', 1,416 killed - only 3 survivors
1941 Italian troop transport 'Conte Rosso' is sunk by HM Submarine 'Upholder' in the Central Mediterranean, c. 1,200 die
1944 Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albanian anti-fascist movement
1944 US carrier aircraft raid Wake Island.
1958 Cuban President/Dictator Fulgencio Batista opens an offensive against Fidel Castro's rebels
1959 Pleasant Hills, Pa: first home with built-in bomb shelter exhibited
1962 Scott Carpenter goes into earth orbit aboard 'Aurora 7'
1980 Iran rejects a call by World Court to release US hostages
1989 French WW II war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in a monastery in Nice
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