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Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English-American soldier and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (died 1618)
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English-American soldier and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (died 1618)
Earl Warren, American jurist and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1891)
Earl Warren, American jurist and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1891)
Sri Lankan civil war: After advising civilians to take shelter in places of worship, the Sri Lanka Air Force bombed a…
Sri Lankan civil war: After advising civilians to take shelter in places of worship, the Sri Lanka Air Force bombed a church in Navaly, killing at least 147 people.
In a seminal moment for pop art, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opened at the Ferus Gallery in Los…
In a seminal moment for pop art, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opened at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
Russo-Swedish War: During the Battle of Svensksund in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captured a third of the Russian…
Russo-Swedish War: During the Battle of Svensksund in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captured a third of the Russian fleet.
War of the Austrian Succession: French victory at the Battle of Melle enabled their subsequent capture of Ghent from…
War of the Austrian Succession: French victory at the Battle of Melle enabled their subsequent capture of Ghent from the Austrian Netherlands.
Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of…
Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of Iraq.
Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations tribunal.
Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations tribunal.
The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando…
The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is…
War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1671): Notable Buccaneer Henry Morgan with an English Privateer force lands at Porto Bello in…
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1671): Notable Buccaneer Henry Morgan with an English Privateer force lands at Porto Bello in an attempt to capture the fortified and lucrative Spanish city.
English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the…
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
David Humphreys (soldier), American Revolutionary War colonel, politician, foreign minister and entrepreneur.
David Humphreys (soldier), American Revolutionary War colonel, politician, foreign minister and entrepreneur.
Costas Georgiou, Cypriot-born British mercenary in the Angolan Civil War (born 1951)
Costas Georgiou, Cypriot-born British mercenary in the Angolan Civil War (born 1951)
Irish War of Independence: One day after a truce was agreed between the Irish Republican Army and British forces,…
Irish War of Independence: One day after a truce was agreed between the Irish Republican Army and British forces, violence broke out between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast.
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660): Henry Morgan with an English privateer force landed at Porto Bello (in modern-day…
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660): Henry Morgan with an English privateer force landed at Porto Bello (in modern-day Panama) in an attempt to capture the Spanish city.