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1296:
Edward I defeats the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar.
1746: King George II wins the battle of Culloden. 1813: American forces capture York (present-day Toronto), the seat of government in Ontario. 1863: The Army of the Potomac begins marching on Chancellorsville. 1937: German bombers of the Condor Legion devastate Guernica, Spain. 1941: The German army enters the Greek capital, signaling the end of Greek resistance. All mainland Greece and all the Greek Aegean islands except Crete are under German occupation by May 11. In fending off the Axis invaders, the Greeks suffer the loss of 15,700 men. 1972: North Vietnamese troops shatter defenses north of Quang Tri and move to within 2.5 miles of the city. Using Russian-built tanks, they took Dong Ha, 7 miles north of Quang Tri, the next day and continued to tighten their ring around Quang Tri, shelling it heavily. 1975: Saigon is encircled by North Vietnamese troops. 1978: Afghanistan President Sardar Mohammed Daoud is overthrown and murdered in a coup led by procommunist rebels. |
