| 1856: Lawrence, Kansas is captured and sacked by pro-slavery forces. |
| 1863: The siege of the Confederate Port Hudson, Louisiana, begins. |
| 1881: The American Red Cross is founded by Clara Barton. |
| 1927: Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris completing the first solo air crossing of the Atlantic. |
| 1940: British forces attack German General Rommel's 7th Panzer Division at Arras, slowing his blitzkrieg of France. |
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