266 BC Triumph of D. Iunius Pera for the defeat of the Umbrians
1371 Battle of the Maritsa: Turks defeat the Serbs
1396 Sultan Bajezid I beheads hundreds of Crusaders
1414 King Henry V prohibits the export of gunpowder from England
1527 Battle of Tokay: Archduke Ferdinand of Hapsburg defeats King John Zapolya of Hungary
1575 Cervantes is captured by Algerine pirates & held for ransom
1580 Sir Francis Drake's 34 month circumnavigation ends at Plymouth
1687 The Parthenon is partially destroyed during the Venetian siege of Turkish-held Athens
1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia during the American Revolution
1781 First Royal visit to America: Pr. William Henry [later King William IV], a Royal Navy officer, arrives at New York with the British fleet during the Revolution
1799 Second Battle of Zurich: French defeat the Austro-Russians
1815 Prussia, Russia, & Austria form the "Holy Alliance" to suppress liberalism
1861 Skirmish at Lucas Bend, Ky
1918 The AEF begins the Meuse-Argonne offensive against the Germans
1918 USCGC 'Tampa' lost at sea with 118 men, probably to a German submarine
1925 Italian submarine 'Sebastiano Veniero' acidentally lost off Sicily, 54 die
1940 Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China
1941 The Babi Yar Massacre: In 24 hours the Nazis murder 33,771 Jews in a ravine near Kiev
1943 Japanese TB 'Kasasagi' sunk off Flores, Netherlands East Indies
1950 UN troops liberate Seoul
1953 US and Spain sign a mutual defense treaty
1989 Last Vietnamese soldier leaves Cambodia
