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2009 Event - Israel launches an invasion of the Gaza strip

1990 Event - Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion

1990 Event - Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion

1980 Event - Libyan invasion in Chad

1979 Event - China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam

1969 Death - Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, self immolates at 20

1968 Event - Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion

1962 Event - Cuba starts returning U.S. prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion

1961 Event - Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food and medical supplies

1961 Event - Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua

1960 Event - Guatemala's "La Hora" reports plan for invasion on Cuba

1957 Event - U.N. resolution deplores and condemns U.S.S.R. invasion of Hungary

1956 Event - Hungary appeals for United Nations assistance against Soviet invasion

1950 Event - Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion

1948 Event - Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel

1944 Event - U.S. forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific

1944 Event - Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion

1944 Event - General Eisenhower decides invasion set for June 6

1944 Event - General Eisenhower postpones South France invasion until after Normandy

1944 Event - U.S. 1st Army completes invasion plan

1944 Event - General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London

1943 Event - Montgomery's 8th army contacts invasion - arm forces at Salerno

1943 Event - U.S. invasion fleet passes Bizerta, Tunisia

1943 Event - U.S. invasion fleet of 96 ships sails to Sicily

1943 Event - Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe

1943 Event - Joint Chiefs of Staff determine invasion in Sicily for July 10th

1943 Event - Joint Chiefs of Staff decide on invasion in Sicily

1942 Event - 1st ships of invasion fleet to Morocco leave Norfolk

1942 Event - 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland

1942 Event - Dwight D. Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa

1942 Event - Hitler's Operation Seelowe (invasion of England) cancelled

1941 Event - Japans invasion leader lands on Luzon, Philippines

1941 Event - Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore

1941 Event - U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion

1941 Event - Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion

1940 Event - Hitler begins operation-Seelowe (invasion of England)

1940 Event - Hitler begins invasion of England (operation Seelowe)

1940 Event - Hitler begins operation-Seelowe (invasion England)

1940 Event - Hitler orders invasion in England on Sept 21 (Operation-Seelowe)

1940 Event - Hitler orders invasion of England

1940 Event - Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins invasion of France

1939 Event - Great Britain and France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland

1939 Event - Japanese invasion army driven out of Mongolia

1939 Event - Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion

1939 Event - Russian offensive under General Zjoekov against Japanese invasion in Mongolia

1939 Event - Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania

1935 Event - League of Nations denounces Italian invasion of Abyssinia

1930 Birthday - Dana Wynter, London, actress, Airport, Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1926 Birthday - Lyndon Brook, actor, Invasion, Reach for the Sky

1914 Event - Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium

1914 Birthday - Kevin McCarthy, Seattle, actor, Invasion of Body Snatchers, Howling

1895 Event - Jose Marti and others leave New York City for invasion of Spanish Cuba

1881 Birthday - George KFW von Kuchler, German Field Marshal, Invasion Netherlands

1864 Event - Confederate forces led by General J Early begin invasion of Washington D.C.

1863 Event - Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac

1862 Event - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky-Confederate invasion halted

1813 Event - U.S. invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek

1809 Event - English invasion army lands in Walcheren

1804 Event - England mobilizes to protect against French invasion

1799 Event - Convention of Alkmaar: English/Russian invasion army departs

1799 Event - English and Russian invasion army conquerors Receiver

1799 Event - English invasion army lands in North-Holland

1787 Event - Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army

1752 Event - East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed

1694 Event - English invasion army under Thomas Talmash reaches Brest

1688 Event - Prince Willem III's invasion fleet sails to England

1664 Event - Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army

1663 Event - Austrian Fort Neuhausl surrenders to Turkish invasion army

1662 Event - Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed, Macau Day

1588 Event - Duke Farneses troops ready for invasion of England

1380 Event - Thomas of Buckingham's invasion army lands on Calais

1377 Event - French invasion fleet lands at Rye England

1360 Event - France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel

1355 Event - English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais

1340 Event - Battle of Salado Spain: last Moor invasion driven back

871 Event - Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army

871 Event - Battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex

871 Event - Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army

871 Event - Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army

870 Event - Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army

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