254 | St. Stephen I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. | |
1588 | King Henry III flees Paris after Henry of Guise triumphantly enters the city. | |
1641 | The chief advisor to Charles I, Thomas Wentworth, is beheaded in the Tower of London | |
1780 | Charleston, South Carolina falls to British forces. | |
1851 | The Tule River War ends. | |
1863 | With a victory at the Battle of Raymond, Mississippi, Union General Ulysses S. Grant closes in on Vicksburg. | |
1864 | Union General Benjamin Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on the James River. | |
1865 | The last land battle of the Civil war occurs at Palmito Ranch, Texas. It is a Confederate victory. | |
1881 | Tunisia, in North Africa become a French protectorate. | |
1885 | In the Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against the Canadian government. | |
1926 | The Airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole. | |
1932 | The body of Charles Lindbergh's baby is found. | |
1935 | Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio by "Bill W.," a stockbroker, and "Dr. Bob S.," a heart surgeon. | |
1940 | The Nazi conquest of France begins with the crossing Muese River. | |
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 ends. | |
1969 | Viet Cong sappers try unsuccessfully to overrun Landing Zone Snoopy in Vietnam. | |
1975 | The U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez is seized by Cambodian forces. |
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Monday, May 12, 2014
Today in History
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