167 BC Third and final day of the Triumph of L. Aemilius Paullus, for the defeat of King Perseus of Macedonia, during which 6,000 talents of loot were displayed

44 BC Legio IV declares for Octavian, joining the Martia, which has already defected from Marc Antony

561 Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I, & Chilperic I inherit and divide the Frankish Kingdom from their father Chlothar I

903 Battle of Hama: The Abbasids defeat the "heretical" Qarmatians

1382 Battle of Westrozebeke: The French defeat the Flemings

1612 Battle of Swally: Two-day action in Indian waters begins, in which the English defeated the Portuguese, gaining access to Indian trade November 1612

1729 Fort Rosalie Massacre: Natchez Indians kill 229 French settlers, including 35 women and 56 children

1760 Rogers' Rangers capture Detroit from the French

1775 US schooner 'Lee' takes the British 'Nancy', loaded with munitions.

1776 Battle of Fort Cumberland ends: Nearly three weeks after a small Massachusetts expedition invests the post in Nova Scotia, British reinforcements break the siege

1812 Remnants of Napoleon's Grand Army cross the Berezina River, their Emperor having deserted them weeks earlier

1842 The 'Somers' Mutiny: Curious outbreak aboard the US sloop-of-war 'Somers'

1861 Skirmish at Sedalia/Black Walnut Creek

1863 Battle of Ft Sanders/Ft Loudon, Tn

1864 Battle of Spring Hill, Tn: Union forces elude a Confederate trap

1864 Sand Creek Massacre: Colorado militiamen kill c. 150 peaceful Cheyenne

1887 US receives basing rights at Pearl Harbor

1890 The first Army-Navy game, West Point: Navy 24, Army 0

1929 Rear Adm Richard E. Byrd, US, makes the first flight over the South Pole.

1932 France and the USSR sign a non-aggression pact

1939 USSR severs diplomatic relations with Finland

1941 Hawaii: Army Intel states, "Our forces should be placed on the alert and stay there, due to the imminent possibility of an attack."

1941 Navy beats Army, 14-6.

1942 Coffee rationing begins in the US

1944 USS 'Archerfish' (SS-311) scores her only sinking, the Japanese carrier 'Shinano', c. 70,000 tons, the largest submarine kill ever

1947 UN votes to partition Palestine between Jews and Arabs

1949 The Nationalist Chinese main forces retreat to Taiwan

1951 The first underground atomic explosion, Frenchman's Flat, Nevada

1951 Winston Churchill become PM of Great Britain for the second time (1951-1955)

1952 President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess the war

1996 U.N. war crimes tribunal sentenced Bosnian Serb Drazen Erdemovic to 10 years for the massacre of 1,200 Muslims