21st April to 27th April
publication date: Apr 26, 2008
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author/source: Adam Hill
1836 Battle of San Jacinto, Texan forces rout Mexican army
1918 The Red Baron killed, probably by ground fire
1961 Last Cuban exiles surrender to Castro's forces
22nd April
1836 Mexican President Santa Anna captured by Texans
1982 SAS troops land on Fortune Glacier, South Georgia
23rd April
1014 Battle of Clontarf, Irish under Brian Boru defeat Viking force
1942 Baedeker Raids start with Luftwaffe attacks on Exeter
1982 Sea King helicopter ditches off HMS Hermes, first British fatality of the War
24th April
1184BC Traditional date for the Greeks entry into Troy using Trojan Horse
1941 British and Commonwealth forces start to withdraw from Greece
1980 Op Eagle Claw, US attempt to rescue the Iranian hostage ends in failure
25th April
1862 Union forces capture New Orleans
1943 Hitler approves Demyansk Shield for troops surrounded in Demyansk pocket
1982 Argentinian forces on South Georgia surrender to British
26th April
1296 Battle of Dunbar, Edward I defeats Scottish forces
1813 US forces capture York (now Toronto) in Canada
1865 Gen. Johnston surrenders his Army to Union forces under Gen. Sherman
27th April
1805 Battle of Derna, US Marines lead attack on port in 1st Barbary War