Today in Military History:
April 14
Born on this day:
| | 1889 | Arnold Toynbee, historian |
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 69 | Battle of Bedriacum, Emperor Otho's legions defeated by Valens' Vitellians. Romans surrender the next day. |
| | 1639 | Battle of Chemnitz. Swedes defeat Austrians and overrun western Saxony. |
| | 1865 | Abraham Lincoln assassinated in Ford's Theater. |
| | 1948 | British mandate ends, and Jews proclaim the state of Israel. |
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