1998 results for “World War” (291 ms)
Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this dat�
Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
Cold War: The Dominican Civil War broke out due to tensions following a military coup against the democratically elected government of President Juan Bosch two years earlier.
Spanish–American War: The United States Congress declares that a state of war between the U.S. and Spain has existed since April 21, when an American naval blockade of the Spanish colony of Cuba began�
The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English priest (born 1352)
First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
First Barbary War: The Barbary corsairs of Tripoli declared war on the United States by cutting down the flagstaff in front of the U.S. consulate.
Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on the Federal Republic of Mexico following a dispute over the American annexation of the Republic of Texas and a Mexican military incursion.
War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it�
Seven Years' War formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US�
Mexican–American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in US theaters.
George Lennon, Irish Republican Army leader during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War (died 1991)