24/04/1547 Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
24/04/1877 Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
24/04/1918 World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
24/04/1944 World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
24/04/1965 Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.
24/04/1967 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland
says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the
United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which
he cannot win militarily".
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