August 22nd, 2008

Today in History

1944:
1944 - World War II: Thirty-two Spaniards & four French Maquis tackle a German column (1,300 men in 60 lorries, with 6 tanks & 2 self-propelled guns), at La Madeiline, France. Three Maquis are wounded, with 110 Germans killed and 200 wounded.

1875:
The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.

1846:
The United States annexes New Mexico

1717:
Spanish troops land on Sardinia

1559:
Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy