63BC Catiline & his henchmen meet to plot a coup against the Roman Republic
1282 Battle of Menai Straits: Pr. Llewellyn of Gwynedd defeats Luc de Tany
1632 Battle of Lutzen: Swedes defeat the Imperialists
1792 The Battle of Jemappes: The French defeat the Austrians, to overrun Belgium
1813 Congress of Chilpancingo declares Mexico independent of Spain
1844 Spain recognizes the independence of the Dominican Republic
1860 Former militiaman and volunteer Abraham Lincoln elected President
1861 Jefferson Davis elected to a six-year term as Confederate President
1863 Battle of Rogersville, Tn.1864 Battle of Droop Mountain, WVa. (Averell's Raid)
1866 Prof. Arronax, Conseil, and Ned Land are taken aboard Capt. Nemo's 'Nautilus' to begin "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
1914 France declares war on the Ottoman Empire
1939 Sonderaktion Krakau: The Germans begin arresting Polish university professors and other intellectuals.
1941 USS 'Omaha' (CL 4) & USS 'Somers' (DD 381) intercept the German blockade runner 'Oldenwald' in the mid-Atlantic near the Equator
1943 The Red Army liberates Kiev from the Germans
1945 First jet carrier landing: Ryan FR "Fireball" on USS 'Wake Island' (CVE-65)
2004 New York's "Fighting 69th" arrives at Bagdad to assume its duties in "Operation Iraqi Freedom"
2020