On this day…

1570 Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
1653 3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch
1667 English colony Suriname in Dutch hands
1704 Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 40, kidnap 100
1708 Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die
1778 Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves
1844 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes
1847 US defeats México in battle of Sacramento
1863 Confederate raider “Nashville” sinks near Fort McAllister GA
1864 Raid at Kilpatrick’s Richmond
1864 Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton’s Ford)
1900 General Buller’s troops relieve Ladysmith Natal
1917 AP reports México & Japan will ally with Germany if US enters WWI
1922 Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
1924 US begins intervention in Honduras
1933 German President Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion
1933 Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD)
1939 Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain
1941 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month
1941 British-Italian dogfight above Albania
1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
1942 1st weapon drop on Netherlands
1943 63 U Boats (359,300 ton) sinks this month
1947 Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan
1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1975 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1976 Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession
1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan
1983 Final TV episode of “MASH” airs (CBS); record 125 million watch
1988 Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed
1991 US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire
1997 FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia