25-10-2011, 13:47
1415 - In the Hundred Year's War, King Henry V's Longbowmen defeated a vastly superior French Army at the Battle of Agincourt.
1854 - Lord Cardigan led the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. An ambiguous order from the commander, Lord Raglan, led Cardigan’s brave cavalry to charge the Russians while fire came from three different sides.
1900 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal, a mineral and gold rich region of South Africa.
1944 - The Imperial Japanese Navy were defeated by the U.S in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, it was the largest sea engagement of World War II. This loss made them increasingly dependent on using suicidal attacks of Kamikaze fighters.
2001 - Microsoft Corporation releases its new computer operating system to the public, Windows XP.
2004 – Fidel Castro, Cuba's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned.
2009 – The 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.
1854 - Lord Cardigan led the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. An ambiguous order from the commander, Lord Raglan, led Cardigan’s brave cavalry to charge the Russians while fire came from three different sides.
1900 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal, a mineral and gold rich region of South Africa.
1944 - The Imperial Japanese Navy were defeated by the U.S in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, it was the largest sea engagement of World War II. This loss made them increasingly dependent on using suicidal attacks of Kamikaze fighters.
2001 - Microsoft Corporation releases its new computer operating system to the public, Windows XP.
2004 – Fidel Castro, Cuba's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned.
2009 – The 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.