13 MARCH Today in Military History 1021 Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, c. 36, Caliph of Eygpt (996-1021), noted scientist, bibliophile, and eccentric, takes a solo walk into the desert and disappears 1130 Gregorio Papareschi elected Pope as Innocent II (1130-1143) 1503 Tournament of Barletta: 13 Italian knights defeat 13 French knights 1544 William the Silent of Nassau, 11, becomes Prince of Orange (1544-1584), later leader of the Dutch Revolt 1672 The Massacre of Glencoe: The Williamite Campbells slaughter the Jacobite MacDonalds, perhaps 100 die 1689 Mary II (1689-1694) and her husband William III (1689-1702) ascend the throne of England 1706 Battle of Fraustadt: Swedes defeat a Russo-Saxon army 1779 Battle of Kettle Creek: American militia defeats Tory militia 1809 French take Zaragoza after a long and bloody siege 1854 Fourth Great Fire of New Orleans: 25 die as steamboats burn dockside 1861 1st Medal of Honor action: Asst Surg Bernard Erwin, Apache Pass, Az (awarded 1894) 1861 Neapolitan Royalists surrender Gaeta (besieged since Nov 12) to Italy 1864 Meridian Campaign: Skirmishes at Chunky Creek & Wyatt 1924 Japanese Adm. Kenji Ide and his aide, Capt. Isoruku Yamamoto, visit the U.S. Naval War College 1937 Late at night, Italian cruisers and destroyers bombard Barcelona and Valencia in support of the Spanish Nationalists and violation of neutrality 1941 Francisco Franco and Benito Mussolini confer at Bordighera, on the Riviera 1942 American-British-Dutch-Australian cruiser-destroyer force sorties from Batavia. 1942 Bataan: Fil-Am troops eliminate Japanese at Canas Point 1942 Hitler finally cancels Operation Seelöwe, the invasion of Britain 1942 Japanese light forces sink the British gunboat Scorpion in Banka Strait 1942 Japanese sub I-17 shells oil depot at Goleta, California, to no effect 1942 US and Canada agree to construct the ALCAN Highway 1943 Japanese 41st Div arrives at Wewak, New Guinea from China 1944 Marines take possession of Arno Atoll in the Marshall islands 1945 Allies begin fire-bombing of Dresden, c. 50,000 die 1945 The Red Army captures Budapest after a 49-day battle 1945 USAAF & the RAF begin two nights of heavy bombardment of Dresden -- Learn More 1960 France explodes its first atomic bomb, in Algeria 1989 Salvadoran troops attack Encuentros Hospital, rape, kill patients 1990 Natal, South Africa: Inkatha-UDF rioting, c. 300 die
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