1945: U.S. forces landed on Corregidor, a "rocky island strategically located at the entrance of Manila Bay on Luzon Island, Philippines," during World War II. Read "Corregidor: The last battle in the fall of the Philippines" on HistoryNet.com.


Corregidor

U.S. paratroopers of the 503rd Paratroop Regiment float to earth on Corregidor, a rocky island strategically located at the entrance of Manila Bay on Luzon Island, Philippines, in Feb. 1945 during World War II.
Photo Credit: U.S. Army Signal Corps via AP

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

1512: The French defeated the Venetians at the Battle of Valeggio.

1804: Lt. Stephen Decatur led a raid into Tripoli harbor that boarded and burned the frigate USS Philadelphia, which had fallen into Barbary Pirate hands. Read "Putting Pirates in Their Place" on HistoryNet.com.

1864: CSS Tennessee, the South’s largest and most powerful casemate ram, was commissioned in Mobile, Alabama.

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