On This Day In Military History
WORLD NEWS posted on 13 JUN 2007 by Andrew Glenn
Discover key military events that took place on this day in history
On this day in military history, June 13:
1275 - Battle of San Procolo: The Montefeltri defeat the Bolognese.
1373 - Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed in London.
1665 - Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch.
1777 - American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
1863 - American Civil War: Confederate forces on their way to Gettysburg clash with Union troops at the Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia.
1863 - American Civil War:Skirmish at Berryville, Virginia.
1864 - American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac moves towards Petersburg, Virginia, precipitating a nine-month siege.
1917 - World War I: First major German bombing raid on London left 162 dead and 432 injured.
1934 - Adolf Hitler and Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".
1943 - World War II: German spies land on Long Island, New York, and are soon captured.
1944 - World War II: Germany launches a counter attack on Carentan.
1944 - World War II: Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs actually hit their targets.
1952 - Catalina affair, a Swedish Douglas DC-3 was shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
1978 - Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
1981 - At the Trooping the Color ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sergeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
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