On This Day In Military History
WORLD NEWS posted on 24 JUN 2007 by Andrew Glenn
Discover key military events that took place on this day in history
On this day in military history, June 24:
0972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces.
1128 - Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães. Portuguese forces led by Alfonso I defeat his mother D.Teresa and D.Fernão Peres de Trava. After this battle, the future king calls himself "Prince of Portugal", the first step towards "official independence" in 1143.
1314 - End of the Battle of Bannockburn. Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeat Edward II of England. Scotland regains its independence.
1340 - Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys The French fleet was almost totally destroyed by the English Fleet commanded in person by Edward III of England.
1812 - Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman River beginning his invasion of Russia.
1813 - Battle of Beaver Dams : A British, and Indian joint force defeat the U.S Army.
1821 - Battle of Carabobo - Battle of Carabobo was the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
1859 - Battle of Solferino: (Battle of the Three Sovereigns). Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
1861 - Federal gunboats attack Confederate batteries at Mathias Point, Virginia.
1862 - U.S. intervention saves the British and French at the Dagu forts in China.
1910 - The Japanese army invades Korea.
1916 - Battle of the Somme begins with a week long artillery bombardment on the German Line.
1932 - A military coup ends the absolute power of the king of Siam (Thailand).
1940 - France and Italy sign an armistice.
1943 - Royal Air Force Bombers hammer Muelheim, Germany, in a drive to cripple the Ruhr industrial base.
1948 - The Soviet Union begins the Berlin Blockade, America responds with the Berlin Airlift.
1955 - Soviet MIGs down a U.S. Navy patrol plane over the Bering Strait.
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