918 results for “World War” (111 ms)
Anglo-Spanish War: The English navy sank much of a Spanish treasure fleet at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife off the Canary Islands, but was unable to capture the treasure.
Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
War of the First Coalition: In the climax of the Montenotte Campaign, Napoleon Bonaparte decisively defeats the army of Piedmont at the Battle of Mondovi, leading to Piedmont's surrender a week later�
Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, Norwegian Army general and war historian (died 1975)
The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.
Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
Spanish–American War: President William McKinley calls for 125,000 volunteers to join the National Guard and fight in Cuba, while Congress more than doubles regular Army forces to 65,000.
Wu Peifu, Chinese warlord, politician, and marshal of the Beiyang Army (died 1939)
Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army attacked positions occupied mainly by Australian and Canadian forces, starting the Battle of Kapyong.
Civil War in Mandatory Palestine: The Jewish paramilitary group Haganah captured Haifa from the Arab Liberation Army.
Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
Chilean Civil War: The ironclad Blanco Encalada is sunk at Caldera Bay by torpedo boats.
The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.
Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (died 2003)