2014 Event The U.N. will remove peacekeepers from the Syrian side of Golan Heights after the recent capture and release of 45 U.N. troops from Fiji by Syrian rebel forces; the U.N. has worked in the area for 40 years to keep peace between Syria and Israel 2010 Event Maylasia's Islamic morality police capture 52 unmarried couples in hotel rooms, charging them with sexual misconduct and possible imprisonment 2009 Event Pirates from Somalia capture the Maran Centaurus, a Greek-owned oil tanker, off the coast of Somalia 2003 Event American forces capture Sadam Hussen outside of Tikrit 1994 Event 4 Moslem fundamentalists capture Air France pilot in Algiers 1991 Event San Diego State's Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing and scoring titles 1991 Event Tamil Tigers capture Sri Lanka poet Selvi 1991 Event Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race 1989 Event U.S. bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 Billion street value) 1988 Event NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics 1984 Event Iranian commandos end capture of Kuwaiti plane 1981 Event New York Yankees capture 33rd AL pennant, sweeping 3 games from Oakland A's 1979 Event Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge 1976 Event 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, New York 1969 Event U.S. troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam 1966 Event North Vietnamese capture U.S. Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley 1960 Event Israel announces capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina 1960 Event Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires 1958 Event Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana 1951 Event During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul 1945 Event Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese 1945 Event Italian partisans capture Mussolini prisoner 1944 Event During WW II, U.S. troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall 1944 Event Allied troops capture Marseilles, France 1944 Event British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1941 Event German capture Kreta 1941 Event British/Australian troops capture Tobruk from Italians 1940 Event In WW II, Germans capture Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille in France 1940 Event British-French troops capture Narvik Norway 1940 Event Nazi's capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP) 1917 Event British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem 1917 Event British capture Gaza Palestine from Turks 1917 Event Bolshevik revolution begins with capture of Winter Palace 1916 Event Moroccan troops capture Ft. Douaumont 1916 Event French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu 1908 Event Dutch capture Venezuelan navy 1905 Event Japanese troops capture Port Arthur 1900 Event 2,000 marines land to capture Beijing, ending Boxer rebellion 1879 Event Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha 1866 Event Italian fleet under Admiral Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa 1865 Event President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis 1865 Event Federals capture Ft. Blakely, Alabama 1863 Event Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft. Hindman, Arkansas 1862 Event Morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, Kentucky 1862 Event Lee splits his army and sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry 1862 Event General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX 1860 Event British and French troops capture Beijing 1839 Event British capture Hong Kong from China 1827 Event Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independ 1814 Event British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc) 1814 Event Americans capture Fort Erie Canada 1814 Event Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris 1813 Event Americans capture Ft. George, Canada 1813 Event Americans under General Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed 1813 Event Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada 1799 Event Duke of York and Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands 1795 Event British capture Capetown South Africa 1789 Event Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I 1787 Event Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass 1776 Event Hessians capture Ft. Lee, New Jersey 1776 Event British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution 1775 Event American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal 1775 Event Green Mountain Boys capture Ft. Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution 1759 Event British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War) 1758 Event Britain capture Ft. Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French 1756 Event French capture Fort Oswego, New York 1755 Event British capture Fort Beausejour, expel Acadians 1745 Event American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French 1695 Event English and Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk 1679 Event Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java 1671 Event Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin 1565 Event Spaniards capture Fort Caroline Florida and massacre the French 1109 Event Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli 1099 Event 1st Crusaders capture and plunder Jerusalem 1098 Event 1st Crusaders capture and plunder Mara Syria
