This date in history:

[Craterus]

... at the Battle of Waterloo

[King Henry V]

Ooops! Did I foget to mention that?

[Sjakihata]

18 jun 1954

equipped by the USA and trained by the CIA ex-guatemalians invades Guatemala and overthrows the democratic elect president of the country. Supported by the USA military dictatorships destroy the country the next 35 years.

18 jun 1815

Wellington defeats Napolean near Waterloo

[Hurin_Rules]

100 years ago this month, Einstein published some of his most important papers on relativity. In his honour, the UN has endorsed 2005 as the World Year of Physics.

[Ice]

1983 Sally Ride becomes the first U.S. woman in space.

1963 3,000 blacks boycot Boston public school

1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president

1928 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Her solo flight from Newfoundland to Wales took 21 hours.

1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington & Blcher

1812 The U.S. declares war on Great Britain, beginning what historians still remember as The War of 1812.

1778 American forces enter Philadelphia as the British withdraw during the Revolutionary War.

[Craterus]

19 June 1536

London. King Henry VIII goes for a jolly game of tennis while it's game, set and match for his second wife (Anne Boleyn) The executioner has a neat forehand stroke that lops off her head.

[Craterus]

20 June 1597

The Arctic. Dutch Explorer, Barents, dies when his ship is trapped by ice. His men have survived polar bear attacks and lived by eating foxes. But, today, Barents finally freezes. The foxes probably enjoyed that.