126 Triumph of M'. Aquillius, for the defeat of the pseudo-Eumenes III Aristonicus, pretender to the throne of Pergamon

307 Proclamation of Licinius as Roman Co-Emperor Augustus (307-325)

1236 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II razes Vicenza

1285 Alfonso III ascends the throne of Aragon (1285-1291)

1356 Battle of Coutances

1500 Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand of Spain secretly agree to divide Naples

1606 Peace of Zsitva-Torok: Ends Turko-HRE War of 1593-1606

1630 The "Day of the Dupes": Cardinal Richelieu puts Louis XIII & France in his power

1673 Second Battle of Choczim/Khotyn, Ukraine: Jan Sobieski's Polish–Lithuanian army defeats the Ottomans

1778 Cherry Valley Massacre: Tories & Iroquois slay c. 40 Americans

1861 Skirmish at Little Blue, Mo

1864 Sherman's March: Burning of Rome, Georgia

1864 Skirmish at Shoal Creek, Al

1865 Surgeon Mary Edward Walker was awarded the Medal of Honor

1909 USN begins construction of a base at Pearl Harbor

1914 First Battle of Ypres: The British I Corps holds off a desperate attack by two German corps

1918 The Armistice ending modern Germany's first bid for world domination.

1920 Navy Nurse Lenah S. Higbee awarded the Navy Cross for service in the influenza pandemic

1920 The "Unknown Warrior" is interred in Westminster Abbey & the "Soldat Inconnu" beneath the Arc de Triomphe

1921 Escorted by 30 holders of the Medal of Honor, the "Unknown Soldier" is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery

1923 An "Eternal Flame" is lit at the Tomb of the "Soldat Inconnu" at the Arc de Triomphe

1927 Dedication of the "Cross of Sacrifice" at Arlington National Cemetery, to commemorate Americans who died in Canadian service during the Great War

1940 Nocturnal British air attack inflicts grave damage on the Italian fleet at Taranto; prompting Japanese Adm Yamamoto to think about Pearl Harbor

1940 The German raider 'Atlantis' captured the liner 'Automedon', and the defense plans for Singapore

1940 Thousands of French students silently lay wreaths at the Tomb of the "Soldat Inconnu" to protest the German occupation

1942 German troops initiate the occupation of Vichy France

1942 Japanese aircraft raid Henderson Field.

1943 41 Japanese a/c from Rabaul attack U.S. carriers, only 8 return to base.

1944 Japan commissions carrier 'Shinano', half-sister to the 'Yamato"

1961 Congolese rebels murder 13 Italian airmen in UN service

1961 Stalingrad is renamed Volgograd

1983 US cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain

1993 Dedication of the Service Women's Memorial at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington