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1997 Discovery captures Hubble Space Telescope
1991 Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0 1991 Thomas Hearns captures WBA light-heavyweight title 1975 Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea National Day) 1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem 1960 Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal 1960 USC captures NCAA swimming title 1956 Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt 1956 Israel captures Gaza and Sheham 1956 Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad 1948 Israeli army captures Nazareth 1948 Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement 1948 Arab Legion captures fort on Mount Scopus 1948 Jordan's Arab League captures Atarot, north of Jerusalem 1945 U.S. captures Tsugen Shima 1945 U.S. 20th Army corps captures Wiesbaden 1945 U.S. 7th Army Corps captures Cologne 1945 U.S. infantry regiment captures Monchengladbach 1945 British Army captures Goch 1945 U.S.S.R. captures Budapest, after 49-day battle with Germany; 159,000 die 1944 Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino, Italy 1944 U.S. 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein 1943 U.S. infantry captures Galloping Horse-ridge Guadalcanal 1942 German 1st tank leader captures Elista, Kalmukkensteppe 1942 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off New York's Long Island 1942 Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma 1935 U.S. captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year 1929 Francis Gary Powers, U.S. spy, U.S.S.R. captures him in 1959 U-2 incident 1924 Ibn Saud of Nedzhed captures Mecca 1924 Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships 1919 Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia 1919 Polish Army captures Vilno, Lithuania from Soviet Army 1918 7 U.S. soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more 1918 Sergeant Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans 1917 T. E. Lawrence captures Port of Agaba from Turkey 1915 British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle 1913 Yuan Shikai captures Nanjing "2nd Chinese revolution" 1913 Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War 1905 Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang) 1901 Boer General Botha captures Fort Itala in Natal 1901 U.S. captures leader of Philippine rebels, Emilio Aguinaldo 1900 Boer general De la Rey captures Scots Greys and Lincolns 1900 Piet de Law captures Lt-colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry 1898 U.S. forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war 1894 Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) 1872 Kiowa-chief Lone Wolf captures Satanta and Big Tree 1864 Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta 1864 Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners 1864 Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tennessee 1863 CSS "Alabama" captures "Tailsman" in Mid Atlantic 1862 General John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky 1862 General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee 1847 American-Mexican war: U.S. General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City 1846 General Stephen W Kearney's U.S. forces captures Santa Fe, New Mexico 1846 General Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War 1818 General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida 1813 British warship Pelican attacks and captures U.S. war brigantine Argus 1812 U.S. frigate United States captures British vessel Macedonian 1799 Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine 1799 Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine 1799 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I 1798 Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt 1793 Netherlands captures French island of St. Maarten (held until 1795) 1779 General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, Bronx 1779 George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British 1777 British General Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans 1775 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (U.S.) captures Margaretta (Br) 1708 Great Alliance captures Bridge 1708 Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy 1708 Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy 1671 Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama 1648 English army captures King Charles I 1641 Prince Frederik Henry captures castle of Gennep 1628 Bay of Matanzas Cuba: Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet 1552 Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel 1532 Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca 1500 Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus 1500 France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan 1489 Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from Moors 1303 Anagni: French king Philip IV captures Pope Boniface VIII 1187 Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders 476 German ruler Odoacer captures Pavia 70 Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem |
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