1014 Battle of Clontarf: The Irish defeat the Danes

1154 Damascus surrenders to Sultan Nur ad-Din of Aleppo

1296 Battle of Spottismuir: Edward I & the Earl of Surrey defeat & depose John Balliol, King of Scotland

1374 King Edward III grants Geoffrey Chaucer a pitcher of wine a day

1449 Battle of Borgomanero: Bartolomeo Colleoni defeats the French & Savoyards

1521 Battle of Villalar: Spanish Crown defeats the Communero Rebels

1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason

1856 Queen Victoria reviews the Royal Navy off SpitheadSouthsea Castle to celebrate the end of the Crimean War; 240 ships participate

1861 Robert E Lee named major general and commander of Virginia state forces

1861 Arkansas troops seize Ft Smith1861Texas forces capture U.S. Army post at San Antonio

1864 Red River Expedition: Battle of Cane River/Monett's Ferry

1891 Jews are expelled from Moscow1918The Dover Patrol sinks a German U-boat in the North Sea

1918 The Zeebrugge Raid: At heavy cost the Royal Navy & Royal Marines earn eight Victoria Crosses blocking the harbor exit

1938 Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self-government

1941 King George II of Greece flees abroad before the Nazi invaders

1943 New Guinea: Australian Kanga Force is relieved by its 3rd Div on the Mubo front.

1943 USS "Seawolf" (SS-197) sinks a Japanese patrol vessel, Yellow Sea

1945 Allies in Italy reach the Po River

1945 Balikpapan, Borneo: USN uses guided missiles for the first time, 2 BATS, 2 hits on Japanese shipping

1949 Red Chinese occupy Nanking

1950 Nationalist Chinese evacuate Hainan Island

1967 Soyuz 1 launched

1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die

1990 Namibia joins the United Nations and becomes the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.