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1779:
An amphibious expedition is conducted against the British in Penobscot Bay, ME.
1814: British and American forces fight each other to a standoff at Lundys Lane, Canada. 1861: The Crittenden-Johnson Resolution passes, declaring that the war is being waged for the reunion of the states and not to interfere with the institutions of the South, namely slavery. 1894: Japanese forces sink the British steamer Kowshing which was bringing Chinese reinforcements to Korea. 1915: The French occupy Lomie in Cameroons, while the Germans retreat. 1918: the Allies take Villemontoire, Oulchy-le-Chateau, and the southern half of the Forest of Fere. 1943: Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator of Italy, is voted out of power by his own Grand Council and arrested. 1943: The USS Harmon (DE-72) is launched, the first U.S. Navy ship named for an African-American. 1944: Allied forces begin the breakthrough of German lines in Normandy. 1950: The independent U.S. 29th Infantry Regimental Combat Team was committed to action near Chinju. The North Koreans ambushed its 3rd Battalion at Hadong, killing 313 and capturing 100. |
