1154 Coronation of King Henry II of England (1154-1189), husband to Eleanor of Aquitaine

1499 Triumphal entry of Cesare Borgia into Forli, marred by a torrential downpour, and the presence of Caterina Sforza, still holding out in the citadel

1562 Battle of Dreux: French Catholics defeat the Huguenots

1675 The Great Swamp Fight: New Englanders and their Pequot and Mohegan allies defeat the Narragansetts

1777 Washington's army takes up winter quarters at Valley Forge

1920 Restoration of Constantine I as King of the Hellenes (1913-1917, deposed, restored 1920-1922, deposed)

1941 The US Congress authorizes the draft of men up to age 44

1941 Italian divers sink British BBs 'Queen Elizabeth' & 'Valiant' at Alexandria

1941 Japanese air attack on Del Monte Field, Mindanao

1941 Japanese occupy Penang Island, Malaya, as British continue withdrawal

1942 Guadalcanal: Malaria rate reaches 972 cases per 1000 US troops

1942 Papua: Allied assault on Sanananda moves forward

1943 Military coup in Bolivia

1944 British Commonwealth forces in Burma make steady gains

1944 Chester W. Nimitz is promoted to five-star rank as a Fleet Admiral

1944 Lt Jerry Ford decorated for battling fires aboard USS 'Monterey' (CVL-26)

1946 Indochina War breaks out, as Viet Minh attack the French in Hanoi

1950 General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower named NATO commander

1960 Fire aboard USS 'Constellation' (CV 64), building at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 50 die

1972 Apollo 17, last moon mission, returns to Earth

1988 Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany; 5,000 evacuated