2014 Event U.S. air strikes, in combination with Kurdish forces, pushed back an assault by Islamic State militants upon Yazidi minorities trapped on Mt. Sinjar in Iraq; the action allowed thousands to escape 2013 Event Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle bearing his name, dies at his home in the city of Izhevsk at the age of 94 1998 Event New England Patriot David Meggett arrested in Toronto on sex assault charges 1998 Event Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge 1997 Event Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them 1997 Event New York Yankee Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault 1997 Event Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault 1994 Event House passes the assault weapons ban 1994 Event 20 die in armed assault on mosque in Khartum, Sudan 1993 Event Rapper Tupac Shakur charged with aggravated assault 1992 Event Last defendant in St. John sex assault case sentenced to 3 years prob 1991 Event U.S. and allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops 1990 Death Henry Brandon, actor (Assault on Precinct 13), dies at 77 1988 Event Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve New York City assault charges 1985 Event French government claims no knowledge of assault on Rainbow Warrior 1983 Event Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault 1982 Event 150 Khomeini followers assault student dormitory in West Germany 1981 Event Bernhard Goetz is assault for 1st time on a New York subway train 1980 Event John Lydon sentenced to 3 months on assault charges 1980 Death Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51 1975 Event 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq 1974 Event Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt 1969 Event Who's Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey charged with assault 1968 Event Israeli assault on Beirut Airport 1962 Event Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack 1955 Event Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48 1954 Event Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu 1951 Event Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines 1950 Event U.N. troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas 1950 Event Indonesian army opens assault on Ambon, South Moluccas 1950 Event 13 North Korean divisions open assault on United Nations lines 1946 Event 78th Belmont: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:30.8 1946 Event 72nd Preakness: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:01.4 1946 Event 72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6 1945 Event 1st and last assault of German Rammkommando on U.S. bombers 1944 Event U.S. 121st Infantry regiment opens assault on Hurtgen 1944 Event U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald 1944 Event U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Siegfried line/Westwall 1944 Event General LeClercs troops open assault on Paris 1944 Event Danish resistance fails on assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen 1944 Event U.S. assault on Coutances, Cotentin 1944 Event Allied assault on Carpiquet airport at Caen 1944 Event U.S. V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin 1944 Event British assault at Caen Normandy 1944 Event 1st V-1 rocket assault on London 1944 Event German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia 1943 Event U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17 during assault on Schweinfurt 1943 Event 1st battle of Essex/new Yorktown: U.S. assault on Marcus Island 1943 Event British assault on Catania Sicily 1943 Event German assault on Sebastopol Krim, begins 1943 Event British 1st army opens assault on Tunis 1943 Event General Alexander, Eisenhower, Anderson and Bradley discuss assault on Tunis 1943 Event U.S. begins assault on Fondouk-pass, Tunisia 1943 Event British 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia 1943 Event Battle at Medenine, North-Africa: Rommels assault attack 1943 Event German assault moves to Beja North Tunisia 1943 Event German assault on Sidi Bou Zid Tunisia, General Eisenhower visits front 1943 Event German assault on French in Tunisia 1943 Event Operation-Weiss: Assault of German, Italian, Bulgarian and Croatian 1942 Event Assault of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed 1942 Event 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault 1942 Event 11th day of battle at El Alamein: British assault on Tel el Aqqaqir 1942 Event 8th day of battle at El Alamein: new Australian assault 1942 Event 7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault 1942 Event German assault on Tractor factory, 1000s killed 1942 Event Allied assault on oil installations of Bula Ceram 1942 Event German assault on Tractor factory in Stalingrad 1942 Event Heavy German assault in Stalingrad 1942 Event Battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal 1942 Event Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal 1942 Event Battle at Alam Halfa: German and Italians assault 1942 Event German assault on British at Mersa Matruh 1942 Event British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar 1942 Event Heavy German assault on Malta 1942 Event Heavy German assault on Malta 1942 Event Heavy German assault on Malta 1942 Event Heavy German assault on Malta 1942 Event Major German assault on Malta 1941 Event Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma 1941 Event North Africa: allied assault up Italians Gazala-posing 1941 Event Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor 1941 Event German assault on Moscow: operation-Taifun, begins 1941 Event German assault on Tobruk 1941 Event Heavy German assault on Tobruk 1941 Event Hitler signs Directive 27 (assault on Yugoslavia) 1941 Event German assault on El Agheila Libya 1941 Event Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor 1941 Event U.S. Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor 1940 Event Russian general Zhukov warns of German assault 1940 Event British assault on Banghazi Libya 1940 Event French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees 1939 Event Staged "Polish" assault on radio station in Gleiwitz 1937 Birthday Virna Lisi, Italy, actress, Assault on a Queen, Bluebeard 1925 Death Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44 1924 Birthday Errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor, PT-109, Assault on a Queen 1920 Birthday Egbert van Paridon, Dutch actor and director, Assault 1920 Birthday Fons Rademakers, director, Assault, actor, Daughter of Darkness 1918 Event Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly 1917 Event British assault on Broodseinde, France 1917 Event British assault on Menin-street, France 1917 Event British assault on Polygon-forest, France 1915 Event Assault up Russell's Top at Gallipolis, 232 Australians die 1915 Event Winston Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles 1914 Event German assault at Dinant: Lt Charles de Gaulle (24), injured 1914 Event Massive German assault on forts around Luik 1904 Event General Nogi's assault on Port Arthur: 16,000 Japanese casualties 1902 Event Zulu assault at Holkrantz South Africa 1901 Event Guerrilla's assault unarmed U.S. soldiers in Balangiga Phil, 38 killed 1899 Event Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed 1896 Event Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople 1895 Event King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed 1894 Event Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed 1883 Event Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack 1881 Birthday Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/writer, Assault! 1878 Event Russian assault on Plevna Turkey, 7,300 Russian casualties 1864 Event Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee 1864 Event General-major Nathan Bedford Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee 1864 Event 6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault 1864 Event 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia, Federal assault 1864 Event 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault 1864 Event 3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault 1863 Event Battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina - Second assault US1500 CS174 1863 Event Failed Confederate assault on Helena Arkansas (640 casualties) 1863 Event Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault 1862 Event Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack 1862 Event Grant's major assault on Ft. Donelson, Tennessee 1855 Event Crimean war - assault of Malakof Tower under Mac-Mahon 1854 Event English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka 1791 Event Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St. Clair/killed 637 soldiers 1777 Event Washington begins assault on Germantown, Penn 1758 Event English and Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, New York 1742 Event Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia 1741 Event English fleet under Admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena 1740 Event Chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia 1628 Event Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia 1627 Event English assault on French Il de Re 1588 Event English assault on Spanish Armada 1572 Event Beggars assault Oisterwijk, Netherlands, drive nuns out 1560 Event Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France 1511 Event Portugese assault on city Malakka attack 1302 Event Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten) 70 Event Titus sets up batterig rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem
