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06
May
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
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03
Jan
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
CAMILLE
BOHANNON
An oil painting by American artist John Trumbull depicts the fatal wounding by bayonet of Brig. Gen. Hugh Mercer, center, at the
Battle of Princeton.
On this day in 1777, The Battle of Princeton took place in the War of
Independence, in which George Washington defeated the British forces,
led by Cornwallis in Princeton, New Jersey. General Lord Cornwallis
had left 1,400 British troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel
Charles Mawhood
.
An 1848 painting by American artist William T. Ranney is titled “Washington Rallying the Americans at the Battle of Princeton.”
A younger Mercer Oak now stands where the original marked the
scene of the fatal wounding of Brig. Gen. Hugh Mercer.
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19
Oct
AMERICANS DEFEAT BRITISH AT YORKTOWN
Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American
force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution on this day
in 1781.
Lord Cornwallis was one of the most capable British generals of the
American Revolution.
Storming of Redoubt #9.
The storming of Redoubt No. 10.
The victory at Yorktown was honored in a 1783 medallion minted in
Paris and designed there by US Ambassador Benjamin Franklin.
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08
Sep
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
TIM MAGUIRE
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02
Sep
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
CAMILLE
BOHANNON
The Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri.
Japanese foreign affairs minister Mamoru Shigemitsu (center) signs
the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, Gen. Richard K. Sutherland
(left) observes.
Japan surrendered to the U.S. aboard the USS Missouri, ending
World War II. The war ended six years and one day after it began.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur signs the Japanese surrender document.
President Harry S. Truman proclaiming this day in 1945 as V-J Day.
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