1986 Death Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, New York at 94 1962 Event Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga 1943 Event 1st battle of Essex/new Yorktown: U.S. assault on Marcus Island 1942 Event USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island 1942 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor 1862 Event Yorktown, Virginia - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brigadier General Gabrial Rains 1862 Event Siege of Yorktown, Virginia 1862 Event Battle of Yorktown begins 1862 Event Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor 1781 Event Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 PM; Revolutionary War ends 1781 Event Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown 1781 Event Washington takes Yorktown 1781 Event Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War 1781 Event 9,000 American forces and 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown 1781 Event English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia 1691 Event Yorktown Virginia founded
