| 1872 |
|
Russian Grand Duke Alexis goes on a gala buffalo
hunting expedition with Gen. Phil Sheridan and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. |
| 1879 |
|
The British-Zulu War begins. British troops --
under Lieutenant General Frederic Augustus -- invade Zululand from the southern
African republic of Natal. |
| 1908 |
|
A wireless message is sent long-distance for the
first time from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. |
| 1913 |
|
Kiel and Wilhelmshaven become submarine bases in
Germany. |
| 1915 |
|
The U.S. Congress establishes Rocky Mountain National
Park. |
| 1926 |
|
U.S. coal talks break down, leaving both sides bitter
as the strike drags on into its fifth month. |
| 1927 |
|
U.S. Secretary of State Kellogg claims that Mexican
rebel Plutarco Calles is aiding communist plot in Nicaragua. |
| 1932 |
|
Oliver Wendell Holmes retires from the Supreme Court
at age 90. |
| 1938 |
|
Austria recognizes the Franco government in Spain. |
| 1940 |
|
Soviet bombers raid cities in Finland. |
| 1943 |
|
Soviet forces raise the siege of Leningrad. |
| 1952 |
|
The Viet Minh cut the supply lines to the French
forces in Hoa Binh, Vietnam. |
| 1962 |
|
The United States resumes aid to the Laotian regime. |
| 1973 |
|
Yassar Arafat is re-elected as head of the Palestinian
Liberation Organization. |
| 1982 |
|
Peking protests the sale of U.S. planes to Taiwan. |
| 1991 |
|
The U.S. Congress gives the green light to military
action against Iraq in the Persian Gulf Crisis. |
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