1945 - World War II: British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference where he said he a

1558 - France takes after-de-Calais, the last English possession in mainland Europe. The region was annexed by Edward III of England in 1347 and grew into a center for wool production. Inhabited since prehistoric times, the region Pas-de-Calais, was settled by Celts, Belgians, Roman, Frankish and Alemania. Some of the bloodiest battles of the First World War took place in the Pas de Calais. Vimy Memorial commemorates the Battle parterre of Vimy Ridge and the most important is the memorial of Canada to honor its fallen soldiers in Europe. During World War II, Pas-de-Calais was also the target of Operation Resistance, an Allied plan to deceive Nazi Germany that their deployment will happen here, and not in Normandy.
1698 - Fire destroys Jamestown town in the British colony of Virginia. The first English settlers in America had arrived there on May 14, 1607, and first built a wooden fort called Fort James. About Fortress was founded Jamestown. In 1698, an accidental fire destroyed the municipal buildings, the legislature and the government headquarters which then moved to a little plantation east - new settlement soon became city and renamed parterre Williamsburg.
1797 - modern Italian flag was used for the first time. The flag consisted of three strips of equal width vertical, three-color, white, red and green, where white represents the snow-capped Alps, the green color represents the fields and hills of the country, the red, the blood of shed in the Italian parterre wars of independence. Another interpretation is that green represents hope, faith white, red and charity; These colors also refer three theological virtues (faith, hope, charity).
1887 - Thomas Stevens finishes first trip around the world by bike, this is one of those events when one asks questions yourself - Really Happened? Thomas's journey began in April 1884. He left the bike from San Francisco to Boston, the ship went to England, again with the bike, by boat and bike back across France, Germany, Austria, Hungary and the Balkans; rest there among people who had heard about America, they he asked and answered, then waited until reaching reports that the roads were free from bandits and the bike goes through Anatolia, Armenia, Kurdistan, Iraq, and Iran, where the voice is winter and guest Shah. When the weather warms, Thomas took a steamer to Constantinople and from there to India, another steamer took him from Calcutta to Hong Kong and southern China; bicycle passes in eastern China, and takes the ship to Japan. Part of his bike trip around the world ends on Dec. 17, 1886, in Yokohama. Thomas Stevens returned to the ship in San Francisco in January 1887. Throughout the journey he sent letters or detailed reports for Harper's magazine, these writings were later përmblën in a two-volume book of about one thousand pages "Around the World with a bicycle." A copy of the first edition of this book today costs about 400 dollars. parterre
1919 - Montenegrin fighters oppose the planned annexation of Montenegro from Serbia, but fail. The uprising began Orthodox Christmas Day and made history as the Christmas Rebellion. Montenegrin many families and homes were destroyed, many were imprisoned separatists; uprising supporters fled to Italy or out mountains, continuing a guerrilla parterre war that lasted until 1929. Historians say that to promote insurrection, also played an important role Italy, which was against the unity of the South Slavs.
1945 - World War II: British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference where he said he and his forces had won the battle of the bulges (in France). His statement caused the anger of Americans who had fought in the battle, parterre leaving thousands of prisoners killed; General Montgomery nearly was sacked. U.S. General Omar Bradley complained to senior commander of allied forces in Europe, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the Prime Minister Churchill forwarded complaints. On January 18, British Prime Minister appeared before Parliament in London and said the battle of bulges had been an American battle and victory parterre was theirs.
1959 - The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. Despite this promising start, relations between Cuba and the United States deteriorated almost immediately. U.S. officials realized that Castro was acting only power in Cuba. His policy regarding the nationalization of U.S. property in Cuba and its relations with close economic and political communist countries persuaded U.S. officials to overthrow the Castro dhej. Less than two years later, the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Havana