On This Day In Military History
WORLD NEWS posted on 19 JUN 2007 by Andrew Glenn
Discover key military events that took place on this day in history
On this day in military history, June 19:
0870 - Zanji Kharijite rebels sack Ubulla, Persia.
1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
1195 - Battle of Al Arcos: The Almohads defeat the Castillians.
1306 - The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
1572 - Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater.
1588 - Spanish Armada heavily damaged in storm at Coruna.
1621 - Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece.
1778 - American Revolutinary War: General George Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge after a winter of training.
1799 - Battle of the Trebbia, Day 3: Austro-Russians defeat the French.
1800 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Hochstadt: French defeat the Austrians.
1807 - Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
1821 - Decisive defeat of the Philikí Etaireía by the Ottomans at Drăgăşani (in Wallachia).
1863 - American Civil War: Battle at Middleburg Virginia, 100+ casualties, 1863.
1864 - American Civil War: Skirmish at Pine Knob Georgia.
1864 - American Civil War: Confederate raider CSS Alabama loses a ship-to-ship duel with the USS Kearsarge and sinks off the coast of Cherbourg, France.
1875 - Formal opening of U.S. Marine Hospital at Presidio.
1937 - Spanish Civil War: The town of Bilbao, Spain, fell to the Nationalist forces.
1940 - World War II: German 7th Armour division under gen-maj Rommel occupies Cherbourg.
1942 - World War II: U.S. submarine S-27 lost by grounding in the Aleutians.
1944 - World War II: Marianas Turkey Shoot: U.S. Navy carrier-based planes shatter the remaining Japanese carrier forces in the Battle of the Marianas.
1944 - World War II: Japanese troops conquer Changsha, China.
1944 - World War II: French troops free Elba.
1951 - President Harry S. Truman signs the Universal Military Training and Service Act, which extends Selective Service until July 1, 1955 and lowers the draft age to 18.
1968 - Vietnam War: South Vietnamese president signs general mobilization bill.
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