2372 results for “World War” — type: events (257 ms)
Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.
The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces and North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president against lynching in the Deep South.
First Balkan War: The Greek navy completes the capture of the island of Lemnos for use as a forward base against the Dardanelles.
Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar.
The first Kashmir war begins after Pakistani forces invade Kashmir, allegedly to suppress a tribal rebellion.
Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States, ending the Harmar Campaign.
American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
The War of Jenkins' Ear begins with the first attack on La Guaira.
The Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.
War against the Islamic State: Philippine defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana declares the end of the Siege of Marawi.
The Libyan National Transitional Council deems the Libyan Civil War over.
Second Chechen War: Chechen separatist terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine, the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then.
Lebanese Civil War: The U.S. Marines Corps barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French Army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58�
Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.