Today in Military History:
September 24
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1444 | Battle of Saint Jacob an der Mirs. 1,300 Swiss fight to the last man, inflicting 2,000 casualties and causing the Dauphin to abandon the invasion of Switzerland. |
| | 1645 | Battle of Rowton Heath. Royalists attempting to prevent the siege of Chester were defeated by Roundhead cavalry. |
| | 1876 | Battle of Shirogawa. Imperial Japanese army destroyed rebel forces. Saigo, commander of the rebels committed seppuku on the battlefield. |
| | 1960 | 1st atomic powered aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, is launched. |
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