480BC Battle of Salamis
1097 First Crusaders arrive in Antioch
1494 Brutal French sack of Mordano, Papal States
1528 Treaty of Gorinchem: HRE Charles V agrees to let Charles of Egmond continue to hold the duchies of Guelders, Groningen, Overijssel, & Drente, provided he is named as the duke's heir
1587 Battle of Coutras: Henry of Navarre [later Henry IV of France] defeats Henry III of France
1740 Maria Teresa becomes sovereign Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Archduchess of Austria (1740-1780)
1824 U.S. Schooner 'Porpoise' captures four pirate ships off Cuba
1883 Treaty of Ancon: Peru cedes Tarapaca to Chile, ending the War of the Pacific (1879-1883)
1936 Spanish Republican government flees Madrid for Barcelona
1940 Nazis initiate rationing of cheese in the Netherlands
1942 Chinese troops begin flying over "the Hump" to train in India
1942 Papua: Aussie 16th Bde relieves 25th, on the Kokoda Trail
1944 MacArthur returns to the Philippines at Leyte, with 200,000 troops
1944 US First Army secures Aachen
1944 Yugoslav partisans liberate Belgrade and Dubrovnik
1952 Emergency proclaimed in Kenya due to Mau Mau rebellion
1960 Premiere of "G.I. Blues," staring SGT Elvis Presley
1962 Chinese Army overruns Ladakh, claimed by India, initiating a short war
1987 Air Force jet crashes into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis, 10 die
1990 Anti-Gulf War protest marches begin in 20 US cities
