167 BC Triumph of Cn. Octavius, for a victory at sea over King Perseus of Macedonia
176 Triumph of Emperor Marcus Aurelius & his son Commodus, for the defeat of the Sarmatians
1145 Pope Eugene III calls for a Second Crusade
1299 Battle of Falconaria: King Frederick II of Sicily defeats Philip I of Taranto, to oust Neapolitan invaders
1498 Louis XII of France hosts a triumphal reception for Cesare Borgia at Chinon
1640 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule, under King João IV (1640-1656)
1642 Battle of Piercebridge: the Earl of Newcastle's Cavaliers beat the Roundheads
1742 Tsarina Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia
1821 Santo Domingo proclaims independence from Spain
1822 Battle of Monrovia: Americo-Liberians defeat local tribes
1822 Dom Pedro I is crowned Emperor of Brazil (1822-1831)
1864 Great Fire of Brisbane: c. 100 buildings burn, though there are few injuries and no deaths
1896 Armored cruiser 'Brooklyn' (CA-3) commissioned, at Philadelphia (!)
1913 Greece annexes Crete, an autonomous province of Turkey
1917 British capture Ramallah, Palestine
1918 Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes [Yugoslavia] proclaimed at Belgrade
1924 Communist Coup attempt in Estonia's capital Tallinn is suppressed by swift military action
1925 Treaty of Locarno: European states agree on the permanence of frontiers
1933 Rudolf Hess & Ernst Rohm become ministers in Hitler's government
1937 Japan recognizes Franco's Nationalists as the government of Spain
1939 SS-Fuhrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews to concentration camps
1941 As the First Air Fleet steams toward Hawaii, the Japanese Navy changes call signs, Emperor Hirohito approves war with the United States, Britain, and other powers
1941 USSs 'Argonaut' (SM-1) & 'Trout' (SS-202) take station off Midway, 'Triton' (SS-201) & 'Tambor' (SS-198) off Wake
1942 Gasoline rationing begins in the US
1942 Papua: Australians capture Gona Village, as Lt Gen Eichelberger is put in command of the Buna-Gona operation
1989 Right-wing coup attempt against Philippine Pres. Corazon Aquino is crushed
2012 The world's first nuclear carrier, USS 'Enterprise' (CVN 65), is inactivated after 51 years of commissioned service.
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