308 Licinius becomes Roman co-Emperor (308-324), executed 325

1282 Battle of Orewyn Bridge: King Edward I defeats Pr. Llewellyn of Gwynedd

1572 Spanish besiege Haarlem, Netherlands (falls July 12, 1573)

1602 Genevans surprise & defeat Savoyard-Spanish invaders

1710 Battle of Villa Viciosa: Borbonist Franco-Spanish forces defeat pro-Habsburg forces, insuring the Borbonist succession to the Spanish throne

1792 Trial of "Citizen Capet", formerly King Louis XVI, for treason

1861 Skirmish at Bertrand, Mo

1898 Major Jean-Baptiste Marchand's French column abandons Fashoda, Sudan (held since July)

1899 Magersfontein, Second Battle of "Black Week": the Boers defeat a British attempt to capture Kimberly, inflicting heavy casualties

1903 British invade Tibet

1917 German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia

1936 King Edward VIII of the UK (Jan. 20 - Dec. 11, 1936) abdicates in favor of his brother, who becomes George VI (1936-1952)

1937 Italy withdraws from League of Nations

1941 Germany and Italy declare war on the United States

1941 Marines beat off a Japanese landing on Wake, inflicting heavy losses, sinking destroyers 'Hayate' and 'Kisaragi' [Due to the Int'l Date Line, this is the 10th, Pearl Harbor time].

1941 The America First Committee disbands

1941 US submarines commence war patrols against Japanese shipping

1942 Burma: 14th Indian Div advances slowly in the Arakan

1942 Japanese reinforce Guadalcanal, losing one destroyer to PT-boat attacks

1942 U.S. aircraft bomb Munda

1943 British & US air forces in SE Asia form Far Eastern Air Command

1944 U.S. forces capture Ormoc, Japanese main supply dump on Leyte

1945 William F. Halsey promoted to five-star rank as a Fleet Admiral

1946 UNICEF formed

1954 USS 'Forrestal' (CV-59) christened in Newport News, Va

1960 Black Sunday: Anti-French Riot in Algiers, 114 die

1961 JFK provides US military helicopters & crews to South Vietnam

1964 While Che Guevara is speaking at the UN, a mortar round strikes the building, in an unresolved terrorist attack

1972 Last Moon Landing: As Ronald Evans remains in orbit, Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt land on the moon; lift off on the 14th.

1974 Puerto Rican nationalists detonate a bomb in New York, one injured.

2007 Terrorist attack in Algiers: Car bombs at the Constitution Court and UN office, c. 45 dead