1780:
Charleston, South Carolina falls to British forces.
1864:
Close-range firing and hand-to-hand combat at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, result in one of the most brutal battles of the Civil War.
1864:
Union General Benjamin Butler attacks Drewrys Bluff on the James River.
1865:
The last land battle of the Civil war occurs at Palmito Ranch, Texas. It is a Confederate victory.
1885:
In the Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against the Canadian government.
1940:
The Nazi conquest of France begins with the crossing Muese River.
1941:
Adolf Hitler sends two bombers to Iraq to support Rashid Ali al-Gailani in his revolt against Britain, which is trying to enforce a previously agreed upon Anglo-Iraqi alliance.
1942:
The Soviet Army launches its first major offensive of the war, taking Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine.
1943:
Axis forces in North Africa surrender.
1949:
The Berlin Blockade lifted.