Daily Facts about Military

1995

Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, is assassinated by a right-wing Israeli.

1983

U.S. troops invade the Caribbean nation of Grenada in Operation Urgent Fury.

1983

The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada in Operation Urgent Fury.

1940

Conscription is introduced in the United Kingdom during World War II.

1911

First use of an aircraft in war: The Italian Air Force uses airplanes for reconnaissance missions during the Italo-Turkish War.

1865

Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer, is born.

1861

The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.

1812

Claude François de Malet, a general in the Napoleonic army, tries to overthrow Napoleon in the Malet coup d'état.

1415

The English army under King Henry V defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt.

1415

The Battle of Agincourt takes place during the Hundred Years' War, with the English defeating the French.