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TODAY IN MILITARY HISTORY
0    Feast of Saint Philip of Agira, Patron of the United States Army Special Forces
254    Election of Pope Stephan I (254-257), later canonized
1082    Battle of Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia defeats Leopold II of Austria
1167    Battle of Monte Porzio: Frederick Barbarossa defeats the forces of Pope Alexander III
1264    Three day battle of Lewes begins: Earl Simon de Montfort of Leicester defeats & captures King Henry III of England
1328    Pietro Rainalducci becomes anti-Pope as "Nicholas V" (1328-30)
1607    Foundation of Jamestown, Virginia
1629    The Piedmontese capture Trino from the Mantuans
1649    Naval Battle of Focchies: Venetians defeat the Turks
1780    British capture Charleston
1795    Battle of Nu'uanu: Kamehameha unifies Hawaii [Est]
1797    Mutiny in the British Fleet at the Nore (subdued June 16)
1815    Austrians overwhelm the Neapolitan 12th Regt, north of Itri
1863    Battle of Raymond, Miss
1864    Atlanta Campaign: Widespread skirmishing around Dalton
1879    War of the Pacific - Battle of Iquiqui: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvians
1881    Treaty of Bardo: Tunis becomes a French protectorate
1885    Battle of Batoche: French Canadians rebel against Canada
1888    Brazil abolishes slavery, the last western nation to do so
1898    US forces land at Cabañas & Punta Arbolitas, Cuba
1898    US Navy bombards San Juan, P.R.
1917    Tenth Battle of the Isonzo begins (to May 28)
1926    Umberto Nobile's airship 'Norge' flies over the North Pole
1937    George VI crowned King of England
1940    French occupy St Maarten, Netherlands West Indies
1940    Germans force a crossing of the Meuse River near Sedan
1943    Solomons: USN shells Vila and Munda, mines Kula Gulf
1943    Roosevelt and Churchill met in Washington for the Trident Conference -- Learn More
1945    Okinawa: major Kamikaze attack, BB 'New Mexico' (BB-40) badly hit.
1951    The first H-Bomb test, Eniwetak Atoll
1975    US merchant ship 'Mayaguez' seized by Cambodian forces

BORN
1496    Gustavus Eriksson Vasa -- King Gustav I of Sweden (1523-1560), founder of the Vasa Dynasty
1590    Grand Duke Cosimo II de' Medici of Tuscany (1609- 1621), patron of Galileo
1670    Elector Augustus I of Saxony was born, who was also King Augustus II of Poland and Lithuania, known as “The Strong”, with c. 350 children, including Marshal Saxe -- Learn More
1725    Jacques de Mercoyrol de Beaulieu, later Captain, Regiment de Picardie, Brig. Gen., d. 1817 -- Learn More
1729    Michael von Melas, Austrian field marshal, the French Wars, d. 1806
1767    Manuel Godoy y Álvarez de Faria, inept Prime Minister of Spain (1792-1797, 1801-1808), d. 1851
1789    The Society of St. Tammany, formed in New York City by Revolutionary War veterans
1806    Amos Beebe Eaton, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1877
1812    Louis Blenker, Brig Gen, U.S., in 1863
1820    Florence Nightingale, "The Lady with the Lamp," d. 1910
1890    Kurt Arthur Benno Student, airborne pioneer, Generaloberst, d. 1978 -- Learn More
1894    Lt. Gen. Clemente Primieri, Italian soldier, commander, "Gruppo di Combattimento Cremona", Liberation of Italy, 1943-1945
1900    Joseph John Rochefort, U.S. naval officer, cryptanalyst. who broke the Japanese code, d. 1976

DIED
1003    Pope Sylvester II - Gerbert of Aurillac (999-1003), c. 57, first French pope
1012    Pope Sergius IV - Pietro "Bucca Porci" (1009-1012)
1182    King Valdemar I "the Great" of Denmark (1146-1182), 51
1382    Queen Giovanna I [Joan] of Naples (1343-1382), 56, murdered, having ruined her kingdom while running through five husbands and numerous lovers
1641    Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 48, executed by Bill of Attainder
1796    The Most Serene Republic of Venice, 820, murdered by Napoleon Bonaparte
1847    Jérôme Napoléon Charles Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon, who might have been King of the UK, at 32
1863    King Radama II of Madagascar (1861-1863), assassinated at 23 for opening the country to Christianity
1864    J.E.B. Stuart, 31, Confederate cavalryman, d/w from Yellow Tavern, 11th
1923    Lt. Col. Earl "Pete" Ellis, USMC, 42, probably from drink, while travelling incognito in the Caroline Is.
1935    Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, founder of modern Poland, at 67
1941    Charles Henry George Howard, the Earl of Suffolk, his secretary Eileen Beryl Morden, his chauffeur Fred Hards, and five assistants, defusing a bomb -- Learn More
1944    Max Brand [Frederick Schiller Faust], pulp western author, war correspondent with the US 351st Infantry, kia at 51 near Itri, northwest of Naples
1957    Erich von Stroheim, 71, actor ("The Grand Illusion")