The Shot Heard Round the World
On April 19, 1775, the battles of Lexington and Concord turned a colonial protest into the American Revolutionary War.
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The Day Mexico Beat the World's Best Army: Puebla, 1862
On May 5, 1862, a poorly equipped Mexican army defeated elite French forces at the Battle of Puebla — the origin of Cinco de Mayo.
The Night They Burned Their Own Ship
On February 16, 1804, a 25-year-old American lieutenant sailed into Tripoli harbor in disguise and burned the captured frigate USS Philadelphia so the enemy could never sail her.
A Night of Shots on the Lugou Bridge — and the War That Followed
A missing soldier, a midnight standoff, and gunfire on an ancient stone bridge pulled China and Japan into eight years of devastating war.