On this day in 1942, Chinese Expeditionary Forces led by General Sun Li-jen captured Yenangyuang in northern Burma, rescuing more than 7,000 British and Burmese troops from Japanese encirclement.
On this day in 1943, in Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began, after German troops entered the Warsaw ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.
On this day in 1971, Vietnam Veterans Against the War began a five-day demonstration in Washington, DC.
On this day in 1999, the German Bundestag returned to Berlin.
And on this day in 2011, Fidel Castro resigned from the Communist Party of Cuba's central committee after 45 years of holding the title.