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1982

Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks

Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks.

1940

World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and

World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.

1938

Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people

Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.

1738

A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange o

A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.

1940

Second World War: German troops captured Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, forcing British forces to evacuate via Dunkirk

Second World War: German troops captured Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, forcing British forces to evacuate via Dunkirk.

1782

American Revolutionary War: US Colonel William Crawford began a failed expedition to destroy British-allied American Ind

American Revolutionary War: US Colonel William Crawford began a failed expedition to destroy British-allied American Indian towns along the Sandusky River in the Ohio Country.

1972

Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

1971

Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

1942

World War II: The Battle of Gazala begins, in present-day Libya

World War II: The Battle of Gazala begins, in present-day Libya.

1940

World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France

World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France. The Battle of Dunkirk begins simultaneously as Allied defenders fight to slow down th�

1940

World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison

World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.

1926

Abd el-Krim ends surrenders to the French, bringing an end to the Rif War

Abd el-Krim ends surrenders to the French, bringing an end to the Rif War.

1903

Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, is founded

Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, is founded.

1865

Conclusion of the American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Trans-Mississippi div

Conclusion of the American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galvest�

1644

Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo

Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo.

1637

Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approxima

Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.

1573

The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Eighty Years' War

The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Eighty Years' War.

1904

Tamurbek Dawletschin, Tatar author and prisoner of war (died 1983)

Tamurbek Dawletschin, Tatar author and prisoner of war (died 1983)

1940

Second World War: The Allies began a mass evacuation of British, French and Belgian troops cut off by the German army du

Second World War: The Allies began a mass evacuation of British, French and Belgian troops cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk.

1988

Somaliland War of Independence: The Somali National Movement launches a major offensive against Somali government forces

Somaliland War of Independence: The Somali National Movement launches a major offensive against Somali government forces in Hargeisa and Burao, then the second- and third-largest cities of Somalia.