The Siege of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America.
2nd September 31 BCE: Marc Antony and Cleopatra defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium
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On the 22nd August 1485, King Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth and the forces of Henry Tudor brought the Plantagenet dynasty to an end.
On the 7th August 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed by the United States Congress.
The Pig War border confrontation began when Lyman Cutlar shot a British-owned pig on San Juan Island.
On the 8th June 1972 one of the most iconic photographs of the Vietnam War was taken of Phan Thị Kim Phúc, a nine-year-old girl from the South Vietnamese village of Trang Bang.
On the 23rd May 1915, Italy entered the First World War on the side of the Triple Entente and declared war on Austria-Hungary.
On 29th April 1975, America began Operation Frequent Wind – the evacuation of over 1,000 American civilians and a further 6,000 “at-risk” Vietnamese from Saigon.
On the 27th April 1509, Pope Julius II excommunicated the entire republic of Venice.
The Canadian Corps successfully captured Vimy Ridge in the First World War.
On the 2nd April 1982, the Falklands War began when Argentina launched an amphibious invasion of the Falkland Islands.
30th September 1935: The Hoover Dam is dedicated by Franklin D. Roosevelt
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27th September 1908: First Model T Ford produced in Detroit
27th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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