45BCCaesar writes his will, in which he adopts his grand-nephew Gaius Octavius -- later known as Augustus
81 Domitian succeeds his brother Titus as Roman Emperor (81-96)
122 Construction begins on Hadrian's Wall
533 Battle of the Tenth Milestone/Ad Decimum: Belisarius crushes the Vandals near Carthage
1515 Battle of Marignano: Franco-Venetian victory over the Swiss
1625 Jerusalem: Moslem authorities arrest Isiah Horowitz & 15 other rabbis
1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham: Wolfe defeats Montcalm, to secure Canada for Britain
1782 Siege of Gibraltar: The British beat off a "grand assault" by the French & Spanish
1814 British began an overnight bombardment of Fort McHenry, inspiring "The Star Spangled Banner"
1847 US soldiers & marines storm Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City
1861 Skirmish at Booneville, Mo
1871 'Seven Days' War" begins, Britain's first peacetime maneuvers
1880 War of the Pacific: Chilean ships begin a two-day bombardment of Peruvian ports, during which, the Chilean 'Covadonga' is sunk by a Peruvian explosive boat; 20 die, 43 captured
1882 Britain invades Egypt to crush the Arabi Pasha "Revolution"
1940 The Mitsubishi "Zero" debuts over Chungking; Japan 26, China 0.
1942 German forces attack Stalingrad
1942 Guadalcanal: Bloody Ridge - Marines probe the Japanese positions.
1943 Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China
1943 German counter attack at Salerno
1944 Palau Is: USN pounds Peleliu
1961 Battles between UN & Katangan troops in Congo
1971 New York National Guardsmen storm Attica Correctional Facility, to end 4-day uprising; 32 prisoners, 9 guards die
1978 Maiden flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-18A Hornet
1990 Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait
1999 Islamist terror bombing in Moscow, c. 120 killed
