This day in military history..

January 26, 2010
1980 Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations
1968 Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die
1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R.
1965 South Vietnam military coup under general Nguyen Khanh
1962 Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard
1958 H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli minister of Defense
1956 Porkkala military base returned to Finland by U.S.S.R.
1945 Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp
1942 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland
1934 Nazi Germany and Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years
1931 Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty
1918 President Hoover calls for "wheatless" and "meatless" days for war effort
1887 Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians
1871 British Rugby Union forms (lol)
1863 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms
1862 Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order
1797 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty
1699 Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey
1666 France declares war on England and Munster
1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
 
Jan 26
1565 Battle of Talikota, India Muslims conquer last Hindu Kingdom
1856 Battle of Seattle US Marines from USS Decatur drive off Indians after all day battle with settlers
1907 SMLE adopted by British
1939 Nationalists capture Barcelona
 
January 27
1942 - USS Gudgeon is first US sub to sink enemy submarine in action, Japanese I-173.
1945 - Commissioning of USS Higbee (DD-806), first U.S. Navy ship named after women member of U.S. Navy.
1967 - Fire in Command Module at Cape Kennedy during simulation countdown. Lunar Module Pilot LCDR Roger B. Chaffee and two other crew members died.
1973 - Paris Peace Accords signed, ending U.S. participation in the Vietnam War
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Jan 28
1846 Battle of Aliwal, India
1871 French defeat ends Franco-Prussian War
1932 Japan attacks Shanghai
1941 French-Thai War ends
 
Jan 29
1814 Battle of Brienne french defeat Russians & Prussians
1863 Confederates Capture USS Isaac Smith
1943 Battle of Rennell Island USS Chicago torpedoed, sinks next day
1944 Battle of Cistero, Italy

Jan 30
1648 Treaty of Munster & Osnabruck ends War between Spain & Netherlands
1862 USS Monitor launched
1944 US troops land on Majuro
1945 Wilhelm Gustloff sunk by Soviet sub, 9000 casulties
US troops raid Cabantuan POW Camp freeing POWs
1968 Tet Offensive begins
 
Jan 31
1504 France cedes Naples to Aragon
1917 Germany announces unrestricted submarine warfare
1st use of poison gas by Germans against the Russians
1918 a series of collisions sinks 2 R.N. subs & damages 4 others + 1 cruiser
1943 Field Marshall Paulus surrenders @ Stalingrad
1944 US troops land on Kwajalein
Battle of Cisterna A number of Ranger Battalions are wiped out in combat.
 
Feb 1
1662 China siezes Taiwan
1793 France declares War on UK & Netherlands
1864 Prussia invades the Duchy of Schleswig
 
Feb 2
1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican-American War
1878 Greece declares War on Turkey
1974 1st flight of the F-16

Feb 3
1509 naval Battle of Diu, India. Portugese fleet defeat fleet composed of Ottomans & Venetians
1703 Battle of Fraustadt Swedes defeat a Saxon-Polish-Russian force
1807 British capture Montevideo
1813 Battle of San Lorenzo
1852 Battle of Caseros
1944 US Army Transport Dorchester torpedoed & sunk, 4 Chaplians sacrifice themselves to save others.
1945 1,000 B-17s raid Berlin
 
Feb 4
1783 American Revolution Officially ends
1810 R.N. siezes Guadeloupe
1820 Chile captures Valdiva
1862 Battle of Ft. Henry opening shots fired
1874 British burn Kumasi, Ghana ending the Ushanti War
1899 Phillipine Insurection against the US begins
1932 Japanese occupy Harbin, China
1995 Chechin rebels shoot down Russian Su-25
 
Feb 5
1782 Spain retakes Minorca from the English
1862 Battle of Ft. Henry 1st full day
1865 Union troops cut the Boydton Plank Road near Petersburg, Va
1918 Stephen Thompson shoots down German plane, 1st official US air victory

Feb 6
1778 Treaty of alliance signed by France & the U.S.
1862 Ft. Henry surrenders
1865 Maj. Gen. Pegram killed leading counterattack on the Boydton Plank Road
1922 Washington Naval treaty signed
 
Feb 7
1074 Battle of Montesarchio Italians vs invading Normans
1807 Battle of Eylau 1st day
1862 Union attacks Ft. Bartow, Roanoke Island, NC
1865 Confederate counter attack reopens Boydton Plank Road, but Union line holds @ Hatcher's Run
1943 Japanese evacuate troops from Guadalcanal
1944 Germans counter attack @ Anzio

Feb 8
1807 Battle of Eylau 2nd day
1862 Ft. Bartow surrenders
1900 Battle of Ladysmith Boers defeat British
1904 Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur starts the Russo-Japanese War
 
February 9th
US Navy

1799 - USS Constellation, commanded by Capt. Thomas Truxtun, captures the French warship l'Insurgente.
1943 - The organized Japanese resistance on Guadalcanal ends.
1947 - Carrier USS Wright (CVL 49) is commissioned.
1978 - A new era in naval communications begins with the launching of the first satellite of the Navy's Fleet Satellite Communications System.
1984 - Destroyer USS Moosbrugger (DD 980) fires approximately 150 shells at Syrian artillery positions east of Beirut.
 
Feb 9
1788 Hapsburg empire joins Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1864 109 Union Officers tunnel out of Libby Prison in Richmond, Va
1904 naval battle @ Port Arthur
1944 British sub HMS Venturer sinks U-864
1965 1st US combat troops sent to Vietnam

Feb 10
1258 Mongols capture Baghdad
1763 French & Indian War ends
1814 Battle of Champaubert
1846 Battle of Sobraon
1906 HMS Dreadnought launched
 
February 10
1862 - Union gunboats destroy Confederate ships at Elizabeth City, NC
1900 - Appointment of first naval governor of Guam, Commodore Seaton Schroder
1960 - USS Sargo (SSN-583) surfaces at North Pole
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February 11
1862 - SecNav directs formation of organization to evaluate new inventions and technical development which eventually led to National Academy of Science.
1971 - U.S. and USSR sign a treaty prohibiting the deployment of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor.
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Feb 11
1659 Battle of Copenhagen Swedish attack defeated
1942 Battle of Bukit Timah, Singapore
1973 1st US POWs released by N. Vietnam

Feb 12
1429 Battle of Rouvray
1700 Great Northern War starts
1817 Battle of Chacabuco Arg.-Chilean Army defeats Spanish
 
Feb 13
1862 Battle of Ft. Donaldson, Tn 1st day
1945 Siege of Budapest ends with surrender of German & Hungarian troops
Fire bomb attack on Dresden, Germany starts
1971 South Vietnamese troops enter Laos
 
February 13
1854 - Admiral Perry anchors off Yokosuka, Japan to receive Emperor's reply to treaty proposal
1913 - Naval Radio Station, Arlington, VA begins operations
1945 - First naval units enter Manila Bay since 1942
1968 - Operation Coronado XI begins in Mekong Delta
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Feb 14
1797 Battle of Cape St. Vincent
1862 Battle of Ft. Donelson 2nd day
1863 Confederates capture USS Queen of the west
1879 War of the Pacific starts
1912 1st diesel sub commisioned
1919 Polish-Soviet War starts
1942 Battle of Pusir Panjang, Singapore
1943 Soviets liberate Rostov-on-Don
1945 firebombing of Dresden continues
Mostar liberated by Partisans
 
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