Born
| 1817 | Richard B Garnett, Brig Gen, C.S.A., KIA, July 3, 1863 | | 1828 | William McComb, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1918 | | 1831 | John Franklin Miller, Brig Gen, U.S., in 1886 | | 1834 | Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1893 | | 1854 | Giacomo Della Chiesa - Pope Benedict XV , d. 1922 | | 1914 | Michael Grant, historian (“Gladiators”), d. 2004 |
Died
| 53 | BC Marcus Licinius Crassus, probably not by molten gold poured down his throat | | 1910 | Count Leo Tolstoy, veteran, in a train station | | 1916 | Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria & King of Hungary (1848-1916) |
Event
| 235 | Accession of Pope St. Anterus (21 Nov 235-3 Jan 236) | | 1338 | Robin Hood is enrolled as an archer in the Isle of Wight garrison. | | 1521 | Battle of Bicocca: Prospero Colonna's Italo-Spanish army crushes the French & Swiss | | 1818 | Tsar Alexander I proposes a Jewish state in Palestine | | 1914 | Battle of the Kolubara begins: Serbs defeat the second Austrian invasion by Dec 15th, routing two armies | | 1918 | German ammunition trains explode in Hamont, Belgium, 1,750 die | | 1918 | The German High Seas Fleet is interned at Scapa Flo, Scotland | | 1920 | Mussolini's Blackshirts kill 11 political opponents in Bologna | | 1942 | ALCAN Highway official opened | | 1943 | Operation Galvanic: Marines in heavy fighting on Tarawa, National Guardsmen advance on Makin, while Marines land on Abemama, 75 mi SE of Tarawa. | | 1981 | Amsterdam: 400,000 demonstrate for Peace through Disarmament |
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