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Today in Military History
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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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