1958 Event Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship 1949 Event Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title 1948 Event Israel recaptures Nizzanim in Negev 1945 Event U.S. and Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor 1944 Event French 5th Armour division recaptures Sees 1944 Event U.S. recaptures Guam from Japanese 1943 Event Red Army recaptures Brjansk 1943 Event Red Army under General Vatutin recaptures Achtyrka 1943 Event Red army recaptures Charkow 1943 Event Red army recaptures Spas-Demensk 1943 Event Red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov 1943 Event Red Army recaptures Bogodukov 1943 Event British 1st army recaptures Sejenane 1943 Event Red Army recaptures Kursk 1943 Event Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad 1942 Event Russian 21st Army recaptures Kalatsj at Don 1942 Event General-major Rodins 26th Pantser corp recaptures Ostrov 1942 Event 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski 1942 Event British 8th Army recaptures Benghazi, Libya 1941 Event Russian 20th army recaptures Soljetsjnogorsk 1941 Event Russian 16th army recaptures Krijukovo 1939 Event Finnish army recaptures Aglajarvi 1937 Event Russian chess player Aljechin recaptures world title from Max Euwe 1919 Event Ukranian (Petlyura) Army recaptures Kiev 1911 Event Imperial army recaptures Nanking (blood bath) 1673 Event Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures New York 1658 Event French fleet recaptures Duinkerk 1656 Event Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw 1655 Event Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft. Casimir from Swedish in Delaware 1632 Event Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen 1625 Event Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) 1604 Event Spanish army under Spinola recaptures Oostende 1574 Event Turkish fleet recaptures Tunis 1563 Event French army recaptures Le Havre 1560 Event Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden 1510 Event Bishop Frederik of Bathe recaptures Oldenzaal 1509 Event Venice recaptures Padua 1492 Event Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day) 1261 Event Byzantium Emperor Michael VIII recaptures Constantinople
