1776 Fort Washington is renamed for Knyphausen for the Hessian - TopicsExpress



          

1776 Fort Washington is renamed for Knyphausen for the Hessian that captured on the 16th. That battle was noted for Margaret Corbin who lost her arm while serving as a cannonneer, she became a POW. She is the first record women to have fought with the Continental Army. 1863 Lincoln begins his trip to Gettysburg to give a few remarks. 1916 Battle of the Somme is ended by British General Haig. 1969 South Vietnamese and North clash in the Mekong Delta, first major battle after US troop withdrawal began. 1978 Jonestown mass suicide (909) at Jim Jones Peoples Temple. 1987 30 commuters die in a fire in the London undergound. 1991 Shiite kidnappers release Terry Waite an Anglican Church envoy.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:50:00 +0000

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