1813:
U.S. troops under James Wilkinson siege the Spanish-held city of Mobile in the future state of Alabama.
1858:
At the Battle of Azimghur, the Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists.
1861:
President Lincoln mobilizes the Federal army.
1917:
British forces defeat the Germans at the battle of Arras.
1940:
French and British troops land at Narvik, Norway.
1944:
The Soviet Red Army occupies Tarnopol, one of the principal cities of Eastern Galicia, across the former Polish border.
1948:
Arab forces are defeated in battle with Israeli forces.
1952:
President Harry Truman signs the official Japanese peace treaty.
1970:
As part of the third phase of U.S. troop withdrawals announced by President Nixon, the 1st Infantry Division departs Vietnam.
1971:
North Vietnamese troops ambush a company of Delta Raiders from the 101st Airborne Division near Fire Support Base Bastogne in Vietnam. The American troops were on a rescue mission.
