On This Day In Military History
WORLD NEWS posted on 20 JUN 2007 by Andrew Glenn
Discover key military events that took place on this day in history
On this day in military history, June 20:
0451 - Roman and barbarian warriors halt Attila's army at the Catalaunian Plains in eastern France.
1212 - French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo.
1361 - Battle of San Ruffillo: The Papacy defeats the Visconti.
1402 - Battle of Angora, Ankara-Tatars defeat Turkish Army.
1499 - Battle of Frastanz: The Swiss defeat the Hapsburgs.
1593 - Battle of Sissex: The Hapsburgs defeat the Ottoman Turks.
1622 - Battle of Hochst: Imperialst under Tilly and Cordoba defeat Christian of Brunswick.
1656 - Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw.
1756 - Nearly 150 British soldiers are imprisoned in the 'Black Hole' cell of Calcutta. Most die.
1779 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Stone Ferry.
1813 - U.S. gunboats engage three British ships at Hampton Roads, Va.
1863 - American Civil War: Skirmish at Greencastle Pennsylvania.
1864 - American Civil War: Skirmish at Lattermore's Mills/Powder Springs Georgia.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Petersburgs Virginia - in trenches.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Kinston North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia.
1866 - Italy declares war on Austria.
1898 - On the way to the Philippines to fight the Spanish, the U.S. Navy seizes the island of Guam.
1915 - World War I: German offensive in Argonnes.
1923 - France announces it will seize the Rhineland to assist Germany in paying her war debts.
1941 - World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force is established, replacing the Army Air Corps.
1941 - World War II: German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on U.S. battleship Texas.
1942 - World War II: German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa.
1942 - World War II: Japanese sub I-26 shells Port Estevan, near Vancouver.
1943 - World War II: New Guinea: Japanese attack Australian 17th Bde on Mubo-Lababia Ridge.
1944 - World War II: Nazi begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz.
1944 - World War II: Soviet forces conquer Wiborg.
1944 - World War II: U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea - Japanese CV Hijo sunk.
1944 - World War II: U.S. troops occupy Biak.
1964 - Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland succeeds General Paul Harkins as head of the U.S. forces in Vietnam.
1999 - NATO declares an official end to its bombing campaign of Yugoslavia.
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