1938 - German forces enter Czechoslovakia and seized control of the Sudetenland. The Munich Pact had been signed two days before.
1943 - Naples was captured by the Allied forces during World War II.
1944-Experiments begin on homosexuals at Buchenwald
1946 - The International War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg sentenced 12 Nazi officials to death, 7 others were sentenced to prison terms and 3 were acquitted. The trial began on November 21, 1945.
1918-Lawrence of Arabia captures Damascus
1862 - U.S. President Lincoln paid an unexpected visit to Sharpsburg to push his General to pursue the Confederate army.
1864 - Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow drowned off the North Carolina coast while returning from a trip to England. A Union craft ran her ship aground.
1890-Yosemite National Park established
1908- Ford Motor Company unveils the Model T
