Today in military history: September 21, 2014

Military history timeline 

1451 – Welsh Revolt ends (Wales/England) 

1745 – Battle of Prestonpans (Jacobite rising of 1745) 

1779 – Battle of Baton Rouge ends (American Revolutionary War) 

1780 – Battle of Wahab’s Plantation (American Revolutionary War) 

1812 – Raid on Gananoque (War of 1812) 

1814 – Siege of Fort Erie ends (War of 1812) 

1846 – Battle of Monterrey begins (Mexican-American War) 

1862 – Skirmish at Blackford’s Ford (US Civil War)  

1864 – Battle of Fisher’s Hill begins (US Civil War) 

1943 – Soviets take Demidov, Chernigov and Sinelnikovo (WWII) 

1944 – Allies take Rimini, Italy (WWII) 

1945 – Battle of Rugao (Chinese Civil War) 

1951 – Operation SUMMIT (partly Air); Operation CLEAVER; Battle of the Punchbowl ends (Korean War) 

1969 – Operation STRANGLE I ends (Vietnam War)