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1704:
Indians attack Deerfield, Mass. killing 40 and kidnapping 100.
1844: The experimental 14 inch gun Peacemaker explodes on board the USS Princeton killing the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Navy, a Senator, and five others. 1847: Colonel Alexander Doniphan and his Missouri Mounted Volunteers ride to victory at the Battle of Sacramento, during the Mexican War. 1863: Four Union gunboats destroy the CSS Nashville near Fort McAllister, Georgia. 1864: A major Union cavalry raid begins when General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick leads 3,500 troopers south from Stevensburg, Virginia. Aimed at Richmond, the raid sought to free Federal prisoners and spread word of President Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction in hopes of convincing Confederates to lay down their arms. 1900: After a 119-day siege by the Boers, the surrounded British troops in Ladysmith, South Africa, are relieved. 1916: Haiti becomes the first U.S. protectorate. 1924: U.S. troops are sent to Honduras to protect American interests during an election conflict. 1928: Marines participate in the Battle of Bromaderos, Nicaragua. 1936: The Japanese Army restores order in Tokyo and arrests officers involved in a coup. |
