Today in history: USS Pueblo seized by North Korea in 1968

1968: The USS Pueblo and its 83-man crew were seized in the Sea of Japan by North Korean forces.
Was the Pueblo incident coordinated with the Tet Offensive? Read more on HistoryNet.com.

Also today in history, in the U.S. and elsewhere:

1643: Sir Thomas Fairfax's Parliamentarian army took Leeds during the English Civil War.

1865: In the Battle of Trent's Reach, the Confederate James River Squadron under Commodore John K. Mitchell tried to attack Fort Brady and break through to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia, but they are repelled, with the loss of the wooden gunboat CSS Drewry and the torpedo boat CSS Scorpion. Read more about the assault at Trent's Reach on HistoryNet.com.

1943: Mount Austen on Guadalcanal falls to Allied troops during World War II. Read about the 2nd Marine Raiders' legendary march across Guadalcanal on HistoryNet.com.

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