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War/Selected anniversaries
April 19
1587
- Sir
Francis Drake
sinks the
Spanish
fleet in
Cádiz
harbor.
1775
-
American Revolutionary War
: The
Battle of Lexington and Concord
–
British
General
Thomas Gage
attempts to confiscate
American
colonists'
firearms. Captain
John Parker
orders his band of minutemen to not fire unless fired upon. Random shots rang out among the British soldiers. The minutemen promptly fired back. This was the "
shot heard round the world
." The British are driven back to
Boston, Massachusetts
, thus beginning the
American Revolutionary War
.
1809
- The army of
Austria
attacks and is defeated by the forces of the
Duchy of Warsaw
in the
Battle of Raszyn
, part of the struggles of the
Fifth Coalition
.
1943
-
World War II
: In
Poland
,
German
troops enter the
Warsaw ghetto
to round up the remaining
Jews
, beginning the
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
.
1989
- A
gun turret
explodes on the
USS
Iowa
, killing 47 sailors.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
User:Hawkeye7
|
War/Selected anniversaries
April 19
1587
- Sir
Francis Drake
sinks the
Spanish
fleet in
Cádiz
harbor.
1775
-
American Revolutionary War
: The
Battle of Lexington and Concord
–
British
General
Thomas Gage
attempts to confiscate
American
colonists'
firearms. Captain
John Parker
orders his band of minutemen to not fire unless fired upon. Random shots rang out among the British soldiers. The minutemen promptly fired back. This was the "
shot heard round the world
." The British are driven back to
Boston, Massachusetts
, thus beginning the
American Revolutionary War
.
1809
- The army of
Austria
attacks and is defeated by the forces of the
Duchy of Warsaw
in the
Battle of Raszyn
, part of the struggles of the
Fifth Coalition
.
1943
-
World War II
: In
Poland
,
German
troops enter the
Warsaw ghetto
to round up the remaining
Jews
, beginning the
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
.
1989
- A
gun turret
explodes on the
USS
Iowa
, killing 47 sailors.
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