21. General George Patton, who led American forces in Sicily and Southern France, dies in Heidelberg, Germany, 1945.
22. James Wolfe, military commander and conqueror of Quebec, is born in Westerham, Kent, 1726.
22. Sherman's Union forces occupy Savannah, Georgia, 1864.
22. Japanese forces invade the Philippines, 1941.
23. Marcus Aurelius and his son, Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus, return to Rome, 176.
23. Nationalistic forces under General F. Franco begin main offensive in Catalonia, Spain, 1938.
23. Lavrenti Beria, Soviet secret-police chief under Stalin, is executed in Moscow, 1953.
24. War between the USA and Britain ends with Treaty of Ghent, 1814.
24. The Red Army encircle Budapest, 1944.
25. Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne Emperor of the Sacred Roman Empire, Rome, 800.
25. Crowning al London of William I, Duke of Normandy, as King of England, 1066.
25. General Carlos de Alvear Proclamation, 1826. Before penetrating Brazilian territory, General Carlos de Alvear addressed this Proclamation to the soldiers of the Eastern Bank in his army: "Easterners! The hour yearned by all of us has finally arrived; the legions of the Republic are marching on the enemy border; leave your occupations behind; Sarandí Valiants! Grip your steel and come bring freedom to our neighbors; show the world the difference between republican blood and those shackled by an iron sceptre. The Empire is preparing new chains to enslave you: let's prepare our flower garlands for the people of Brazil who will break loose from their shackles and for the first time be part of the world of the free. Easterners! come enlarge the Army of the Republic. Braves who have so many times aspired to attain glory, do not lose the best opportunity to crown yourselves with it! Come see the peoples dominated by your past oppressors, and from where the chains that you have dragged during ten years came from. No other interest but fighting for freedom and national independence in this sacred war is worth your courage and heroism: it would entail one hundred years of slavery."
26. George Washington defeats Hessians at the Battle of Trenton, New Jersey, 1776.
26. Mao Tse Tung, Chinese tyrant and chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, is born in Hunan Province, 1893.
26. The German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk off North Cape, 1943.
27. Invasion of Holland by French forces, 1794.
28. Signature of an Agreement between the government of the United Provinces of the Plata and US citizen William P. White, 1813. It was signed by Finance Minister Juan Larrea for the United Provinces government. Its aim was to initiate the construction and equipment of a naval squadron to fight the Spanish Royal Navy based in Montevideo.
28. Advising Chinese troops cross the 38th Parallel, Korea, 1950.
29. British troops burn Buffalo, New York, 1813
29. British and French troops capture Canton, China, 1857
29. The first British ironclad, HMS Warrior, is launched, 1860
29. Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs, Soviet spy in Britain, is born in Germany, 1911
29. Murder of Rasputin in Petrograd, 1916
29. Japan renounces the Washington and London Naval Treaties, 1934
30. Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus, Roman Emperor, is born in Rome, 39
30. Copyright decree, 1823. The Buenos Aires Government declares printed material protected by copyright.
30. Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor, is born in Tokyo, 1884.
31. Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie"), is born in Rome, 1720.
31. General George C. Marshall, one of the directors of American war efforts in WW II and formulator of the Marshall Aid Plan, is born in Pennsylvania, 1880.
31. First plane in history to sink a submarine at night, by a RAF Swordfish, based at Gibraltar and equiped with ASV ( air-to-surface-vessel-radar).
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