Today in Military History

Born

1912		Adm Thomas H. Moorer, CNO (1967-70), C/JCS (1970-74), d. 2004
1909		Dean Rusk, army officer, Secretary of State (1961-69), d. 1994
1903		Brian Donlevy, actor (“Wake Island”), d. 1972
1830		Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz I (1861-76)
1826		John Alexander Logan, Maj Gen, U.S., d. 1886
1773		William Henry Harrison, general, President (Mar 4–Apr 4, 1841)
1409		Constantine XI, the last Byzantine Emperor (1449-1453)

Died

720		Umayyad Caliph Umar II (718-720), c. 38
1588		Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán, Marquis of Santa Cruz, 61, Spanish Admiral who was to have commanded the Great Armada
1640		Ottoman Sultan Murad IV (1623-40), 37, in Baghdad
1670		King Frederik III of Denmark and Norway (1648-70), at 60
1932		Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese Minister of Finance, assassinated
1957		Admiral Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, 88, Regent of Hungary (1920-44)
1984		Yuri Andropov, Chekist, Soviet president, in power only 15 months, at 69
1996		Adolf Galland, German airman, at 83
2002		Princess Margaret of the Unied Kingdom, at 71

Event

474		Zeno becomes Eastern Roman Emperor (474-491)
1098		Battle of Harenc: Arabs fail to break the Crusader siege of Antioch
1307		Battle of Loch Ryan: Dugald Macdowell defeats Thomas & Alexander Bruce
1499		France & Venice form an alliance against Milan
1595		Inconclusive Venetian-Turkish naval action off Chios
1621		Alessandro Ludovisi elected Pope as Gregory XV (1621-1623)
1649		Battle of Charenton: Conde defeats the Fronde rebels.
1674		English recapture NY from the Dutch
1799		West Indies: USS Constellation takes French frigate L'Insurgente
1861		Jefferson Davis chosen as President of the Confederacy
1861		Tennessee votes against secession
1864		Libby Prison, Richmond: 109 Union officers escape (50 later recaptured)
1880		Barracks collapses at Constantinople, c. 200 die.
1904		Japan declares war on Russia, one day after initiating hostilities
1907		Battle of Danane: Italians defeat the Bimali (Somalia)
1916		Britain adopts conscription for World War I
1918		U.S. Army Chaplains’ School formed at Fort Monroe
1934		Balkan Entente formed: Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey & Romania
1941		British troops capture El Agheila from the Italians
1941		Nazis provoke anti-Jewish riots in Amsterdam
1942		Bataan: Japanese suspend offensive operations to reorganize
1942		Singapore: Japanese effect second beachhead.
1942		US goes on War Time (Double Daylight Savings)
1943		CNO King suggests CINCPAC Nimitz capture the Gilbert Islands
1943		FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
1943		Japanese complete evacuation of Guadalcanal, as US columns make contact at Cape Esperance, ending an epic campaign
1944		US asks China to try to get the Communists to help against the Japanese
1945		Germans blow up dams on the Ruhr
1945		Heavy fighting on Luzon.
1964		GI Joe "action figure" introduced
2001		Sub Greeneville surfces under the fishing boat Ehime Maru, sinking her

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