82 BC Sulla issues the first "Proscription List"
361 Julian "the Apostate", junior Roman Emperor since 355, becomes sole Emperor (Nov 3, 361-Jun 6, 363)
1354 Battle of Modon/Sapienza: Venetian fleet defeats the Genovese off the Pelopnessos
1468 Sack of Liège by troops of Charles "the Rash" of Burgundy
1492 Peace of Etaples: Kings Charles VIII Valois of France and Henry VII Tudor of England end three years' of war
1755 Massachusetts offers bounties for Indian scalps: £30 for Warriors, £20 for women & boys
1762 Spain acquires Louisiana from France (returns it in 1800)
1783 The Continental Army is mustered out of service, Rocky Hill, NJ
1812 Battle of Vyazma/Fiordoroivskoy: Russians defeat the French
1813 Battle of Tallasahatchee: US troops & Tennessee militiamen under Brig Gen John Coffee defeat Creek Red Stick warriors
1839 First Opium War: British frigates engage several Chinese junks
1853 USS 'Constitution' seizes the slaver 'H.N. Gambrill'
1860 Neapolitan Royalists retire from the Garigliano towards Mola
1863 Battle of Grand Coteau, Ga.
1867 Battle of Mentana: French & Papal troops defeat Garibaldi's Red Shirts, attempting to add Rome to newly united Italy
1935 George II is restored to the Greek throne (1922-1924, deposed; 1935-1947)
1942 Guadalcanal: Marines clear Japanese from Point Cruz.
1944 Japanese begin releasing 9,000 incendiary balloons to drift to America.
1957 USSR launches Sputnik 2 with the dog Laika, the first animal in orbit
1970 Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile (1970-1973, KIA or assassinated)
1979 Teheran: Iranians storm the US embassy to take 63 hostages, initiating decades of acrimony and hostility
1984 Three days of anti-Sikh rioting begin in India, 3,000 die
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