Today in Military History:
July 5

Events of Military significance on this day:
 1187Saladin captured the crusader fortress of Tiberias in western Galilee.
 1426Battle of Khirokitia. After initial success, Cypriot discipline unraveled and Janus de Lusignian was captured by the Egyptians.
 1769Battle of Chios Island. Both flagships blew up, but the Russians using fireships destroyed a Turkish fleet in the Aegean Sea.
 1777British under Burgoyne force Americans to evacuate Fort Ticonderoga.
 1809Battle of Wagram begins.
 1942Germans capture Sebastopol.


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