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1942

French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress

French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.

1941

World War II: The Axis powers invasion of Yugoslavia is completed when it signs an armistice with Germany and Italy

World War II: The Axis powers invasion of Yugoslavia is completed when it signs an armistice with Germany and Italy.

1864

American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina

American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.

1863

American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi

American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.

1783

American Revolutionary War: Colbert's Raid: A Spanish garrison under Captain Jacobo du Breuil defeat British irregulars

American Revolutionary War: Colbert's Raid: A Spanish garrison under Captain Jacobo du Breuil defeat British irregulars at Arkansas Post.

1875

Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (died 1941)

Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (died 1941)

1986

The Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace, having hypothetically been at war for 335 years without a single

The Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace, having hypothetically been at war for 335 years without a single shot being fired and no casualties incurred.

1975

The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing

The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing the socialist state of Democratic Kampuchea.

1942

World War II: Captured French general Henri Giraud escaped from German captivity in the Königstein Castle

World War II: Captured French general Henri Giraud escaped from German captivity in the Königstein Castle.

1945

World War II: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany

World War II: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.

1943

World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U

World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

1942

World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed

World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.

1916

World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by

World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.

1915

World War I: French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines

World War I: French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines.

1897

The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire

The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.

1915

World War I: Hit by ground fire, French aviation pioneer Roland Garros (pictured) landed his aircraft behind enemy lines

World War I: Hit by ground fire, French aviation pioneer Roland Garros (pictured) landed his aircraft behind enemy lines and was taken prisoner by German forces.

1864

American Civil War: African-American Union soldiers were massacred and mutilated during and after the Battle of Poison S

American Civil War: African-American Union soldiers were massacred and mutilated during and after the Battle of Poison Spring.

1775

American Revolutionary War: Colonists Paul Revere and William Dawes, later joined by Samuel Prescott, began a midnight r

American Revolutionary War: Colonists Paul Revere and William Dawes, later joined by Samuel Prescott, began a midnight ride to warn residents of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, about the impendi�

1975

South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War

South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War.

1943

World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto

World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.