67 The Roman Emperor Nero proclaims the “Freedom of the Greeks” from the empire

1340 Battle of Salado: the last important Moorish victory in Spain

1520 Magellan's fleet emerges from the strait that now bears his name onto the Pacific Ocean

1587 Battle of Auneau: French Catholics defeat the Huguenots

1627 Naval Battle of Danzig/Oliwa/Gdansk Roadstead: The Polish-Lithuanian fleet defeats the Swedes

1666 Battle of Rullion Green: c. 3,000 Scots Royalists defeat c. 900 Covenanters

1745 French troops attack Indians at Saratoga, NY

1795 US pays $800,000 & a frigate for "protection" from Algerian & Tunisian pirates

1820 Panama declares independence from Spain and joins Gran Colombia

1862 Battle of Holly Spring, Ms

1864 Rosser's Raid: Battle of New Creek/Ft Kelly, WVa

1864 Battle of Cane Hill, Ak: Union victory.

1870 Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande: Prussians defeat French volunteers

1899 Battle of Modder River: Pyrrhic British victory over the Boers

1904 Battle of Warmbadm, SW Africa: German colonial troops defeat the Hottentots with great slaughter

1912 First Balkan War: Albania declares independence from the Ottoman Empire, with a little help from Austria-Hungary and Italy

1916 First German air raid on London

1934 Churchill tells Premier Baldwin not to underestimate German air power

1939 USSR revokes the Soviet-Finnish non-aggression pact

1941 Heeding the CNO's Nov 27 signal, Rear Adm Wm Halsey issues 'Battle Order No. 1', "Enterprise is now operating under war conditions . . . ."

1941 Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem meets Hitler, and they agree that the "Final Solution" must be extended to the Holy Land

1942 The Coconut Grove Fire: 491 people die, and hundreds are injured when an overcrowded Boston night club burns, including many servicemen

1943 Tehran Conference: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, & Joseph Stalin meet to discuss strategy

1944 Allied troops clear the Schelde, permitting ships to reach Antwerp

1951 Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria

1966 Coup in Burundi overthrows the monarchy; Prime Minister Michel Micombero sets himself up as President (1966-1976)

1977 The tomb of Philip II of Macedon is discovered, near Pella

1980 Operation Morvarid: Iranian naval and air forces destroy the bulk of the Iraqi Navy