2006 Israel invades Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers
1995 Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed)
1994 Last Russian soldiers leave Estonia and Latvia
1993 Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers and 5 citizens in Turkey
1993 Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies
1992 England honors her dead soldiers in the Falkland Is war
1992 Guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies at 79
1991 Planeloads of U.S. troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured
1990 Soldiers opens fire on worshippers in Monrovian church, 200-600 die
1989 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing
1988 U.S. sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras
1987 Viktor P Nekrasov, Ukraine architect/author (Soldiers), dies at 76
1985 248 U.S. soldiers and 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash
1984 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq
1983 Last 80 U.S. combat soldiers in Grenada withdrew
1982 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland
1975 Darwin Judge, USMC-corporal, 1 of last U.S. soldiers killed in Viet
1975 Michael John Shea, USMC-lt/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam
1975 William Craig Nystul, USMC capt, 1 of last U.S. soldiers killed in Viet
1972 Bloody Sunday: British soldiers fire into crowd, kill 13
1972 Bloody Sunday: British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die
1971 Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of U.S. soldiers in SE Asia
1971 Sean Astin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Goonies, Toy Soldiers
1969 Martika, [Marta Marrero], Cuba, singer, Toy Soldiers
1968 U.S. sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam
1967 474,300 U.S. soldiers in Vietnam
1967 45,000 U.S. soldiers sent to Vietnam
1966 215,000 U.S. soldiers in Vietnam
1965 U.S. government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam
1961 Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian United Nations pilots
1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
1960 Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers
1958 Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II and Korean War buried in Arlington
1954 France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria
1951 2,900,000 U.S. soldiers in Korea
1950 1st 407 U.S. soldiers flown to South Korea
1948 Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers
1948 Stern-group bomb Cairo-Haifa train, 27 British soldiers died
1945 U.S. soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald"
1945 900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days
1945 US soldiers led by Gen Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines
1944 Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 U.S. soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats
1942 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France
1942 New York Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games
1941 German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
1941 50,000 British soldiers lands in Greece
1939 4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border
1939 Cleavon Little, Chickasha Oklahoma, actor, Blazing Saddles, Toy Soldiers
1936 Marge Piercy, author, Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers
1927 Spain routes 20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen)
1923 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers
1923 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die
1919 New York City welcomes home Gen John J Pershing and 25,000 WW I soldiers
1918 Polish soldiers organize a pogrom against Jews of Galicia Poland
1918 Stephen Tisza, Hungarian PM (-1917), assassinated by soldiers
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 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
1918 Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer, Soldiers
1917 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot
1917 1st U.S. soldiers killed in combat in WW I
1917 In WW I, the 1st U.S. soldiers are killed in combat
1914 Netherlands army shoots up geinterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed
1914 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo
1906 Black soldiers raid Brownsville Texas
1901 Guerrilla's assault unarmed U.S. soldiers in Balangiga Phil, 38 killed
1866 Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes
1864 Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor
1864 Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers
1864 Congress rules Black soldiers must receive equal pay
1863 Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers
1861 Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed
1861 Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers
1855 Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela
1854 Battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died
1848 Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia
1817 U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War
1801 Soldiers riot in Bucharest, kill 128 Jews
1791 Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St. Clair/killed 637 soldiers
1789 Society of St. Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of New York City political bosses
1765 Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers
1756 146 British soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die
1688 Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo
1664 Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers
1664 Turkish great Koprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers
1642 King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament
1576 Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea
1574 Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers
1476 400 Burgundy soldiers freeze to death during siege of Nancy
219 Batavian soldiers consecrate altar on Hercules Magusanus Rome
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