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