763 Battle of Bakhamra: Decisive victory of the Sunni Abbasids over the Shiite Alids in central Iraq

1277 Battle of Desio: The Visconti defeat the Torriani

1287 King Alfons III "the Liberal" captures Minorca

1495 Alfonso II of Naples (1494-1495) abdicates in favor of his son Ferrante II (1495-1496)

1824 The First Battle of Accra: The Ashante annihilate a British expeditionary column

1896 Battle of Makalle: Abyssinians defeat the Italians

1903 The "Dick Act" creates the modern National Guard

1910 The British and Russians begin moving troops into Persia, to secure their "zones of influence"

1918 New York Philharmonic refuses to play music by living German composers

1942 Bataan: Heavy fighting continues

1942 British CV 'Indomitable' & a strong task force arrives at Addu Atoll, in the Indian Ocean

1942 Malaya: the Japanese begin to dislocate the Johore line.

1942 Rabaul and Kavieng bombed by Japanese aircraft.

1943 Guadalcanal: U.S. troops pause to resupply.

1943 Papua: Allied troops mop up Japanese remnants in the Sanananda area.

1943 Soviet forces recapture Worosjilowsk

1944 Northern Burma: Chinese New 38th Div advances slowly.

1945 Burma: British amphibious landing near Ramree

1945 TF 38 raids Japanese on Okinawa and Formosa

1945 The Red Army destroys the German Tannenberg monument in East Prussia

1954 USS 'Nautilus' (SSN-571) launched, Groton, Conn.

1961 Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship 'Santa Maria'

1968 B-52 bomber with nuclear weapons crashes in Greenland

1968 Battle of Khe Sanh begins -- ends Apr 8