Related authors: William Combe12 books in djvu format
This day...
On August 18, 1541
A Portugal ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo Province (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese calendar: July 27, 1541),
Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins- United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major United States ground battle of the war.,