771 Charlemagne becomes sole King of the Franks (768-814) on the death of his brother
1110 The First Crusaders sack Sidon.
1259 Treaty of Paris: King Henry III of England renounces Normandy to King Louis IX of France, who agrees to stop supporting English rebels
1354 Byzantine Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos (1347-1354) abdicates to become a monk, d. 1383
1489 The Spanish liberate Baza from the Moors
1563 Closing session of the Council of Trent (1545-1563)
1676 Battle of Lund: The Swedes defeat the Danes
1783 Washington bids his officers farewell, Fraunces' Tavern, New York
1829 Lord William Bentinck bans sutee in India
1851 Hungarian nationalist leader Lajos Kossuth receives a tumultuous welcome upon landing at New York
1861 Skirmish at Anandale, Mo
1861 Skirmish at Dunksburg, Mo
1862 Great Snowball fight in the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
1864 Battle of Waynesborough, GA
1872 The 'Marie Celeste' is found adrift in the Atlantic
1899 Presidential son Webb Hayes earns a Medal of Honor in the Philippines
1908 Haiti's President General Alexis Nord flees a military coup
1918 Pres. Wilson sails for Europe aboard the former German liner 'George Washington', to attend the Versailles Peace Conference
1941 Carrier 'Enterprise' (CV-6) flys-off reinforcements for Wake Island
1941 Navy Department orders Guam to destroy all codes and secret documents
1942 Guadalcanal: the USMC's Carlson's Raiders end a 30-day "Long Patrol" behind Japanese lines
1942 US air raids on the Italian mainland from North Africa
1943 Japanese aerial torpedo hits carrier 'Lexington' (CV-16) in the Marshalls
1943 Sub 'Sailfish' (SS-192) sinks Japanese escort carrier 'Chuyo', damages carrier 'Ryuho'
1943 U.S. carriers hit Kwajelein & Wotje, inflict heavy losses
1948 SS 'Kiangya' hits a mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks, 2,750 die
1971 McGurk's Bar Bombing: In Belfast members of the Ulster Volunteer Force kill 15 Catholics, wound many more
1977 Central African Empire proclaimed under former President Jean-Bedel Bokassa I (1977-1979)
1983 US airstrikes on Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
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