* 1944 – World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated – Allied forces land in the Hollandia ( currently known as Jayapura ) area of New Guinea.

* 1943 – World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U. S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

* 1941 – World War II: The Ustashe, a Croatian far-right organization is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the Axis Operation 25 invasion.

* 1995 – The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm.

* 1953 – Operation Moolah is initiated by General Mark W. Clark against Communist pilots.

Agent Orange is the combination of the code names for Herbicide Orange ( HO ) and Agent LNX, one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U. S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971.

* 1945 – World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, is sunk by American planes 200 miles north of Okinawa while en-route to a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go.

A Special Operation Unit is being created and is going to be attached to the marine brigade.

From summer 2011, Operation Licorne, the French force, previously over 5, 000 strong, is roughly 700, and consists of Licorne headquarters, Battalion Licorne ( BATLIC ), seemingly made up of elements of the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment and the Régiment d ' infanterie-chars de marine, and a helicopter detachment.

The invasion is called " Cyprus Peace Operation " by the Turkish side.

* 2003 – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit ( see Operation Red Dawn ).

* 1955 – Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot " Wasp " is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1. 2 kilotons.

The German Navy is also engaged in operations against international terrorism such as Operation Enduring Freedom and NATO Operation Active Endeavour.

The raids, codenamed Operation Gomorrah by the RAF, killed at least 42, 600 civilians ; the precise number is not known.

* 1946 – Operation Crossroads: an atomic bomb is detonated underwater in the lagoon of Bikini Atoll.

* 1944 – World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration.

* 1984 – Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar.

Diplock courts were created in the 1970s during The Troubles, in order to phase out Operation Demetrius internments and because of the argument that juries were intimidated, although this is disputed.

A further reason why Newton rejected light as waves in a medium was because such a medium would have to extend everywhere in space, and would thereby " disturb and retard the Motions of those great Bodies " ( the planets and comets ) and thus " as it < nowiki > medium </ nowiki > is of no use, and hinders the Operation of Nature, and makes her languish, so there is no evidence for its Existence, and therefore it ought to be rejected.

The Extended Operation is a generic LDAP operation that can define new operations that were not part of the original protocol specification.

Operation is otherwise the same as a side-float fill valve, even though the float position is somewhat different.

Several years after Operation Site Down, Wicked1, otherwise known as Matthew Thompson, a former member of Centropy, is writing a book on the warez scene at the time.

Wilson concluded, " We can make one statement of fact: the fireball sightings — green or otherwise — occurred in areas that received radioactive debris from Operation Buster.

Akers-Jones is involved with, whether in the capacity of chairman, president, vice-president or otherwise, Wu Zhi Qiao ( Bridge to China ) Charitable Foundation, the Hong Kong Girl Guides Association, the local chapter of Outward Bound, the Hong Kong Football Association, Worldwide Fund for Nature Hong Kong, the Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation, Operation Smile China

Operation of the pedal re-engages the clutch and allows the player to resume normal playing.

During normal passenger operation on revenue tracks, trains are designed to be controlled by an integrated Automatic Train Operation ( ATO ) and Automatic Train Control ( ATC ) system that accelerates and brakes trains automatically without operator intervention.

That same month Ludendorff planned and directed Germany's final Western Front offensives, including Operation Michael, Operation Georgette and Operation Bluecher ; although not formally a commander-in-chief, Ludendorff directed operations by issuing orders to the staffs of the armies at the front, as was perfectly normal under the German system of that time.

The complexity of " Operation MB8 ", with its various forces and convoys, succeeded in deceiving the Italians into thinking only normal convoying was underway.

President Kennedy has urged a peace race on disarmament that might be called `` Operation Survival '' which has many facets.

In the spring of 1942 Operation Reinhard began in Lublin.

Additional promotional activities included organizing the dedication program for Operation Turnkey, the new automated post office, and a conference with representatives of Brown University, Providence College, and University of Rhode Island, and eight electronics concerns regarding the inauguration of a training program for electronics personnel.

Operation and maintenance.

The Prince visited the hospital of Operation Brotherhood, supported by the Junior Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, and fed rice to two pet elephants he kept at his residence at Pak Song.

The second half of the film `` Communism on the Map '' and the movie `` Operation Abolition '' also will be shown.

* 1943 – World War II: Operation Mincemeat: The submarine surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.

* 1945 – World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and begins the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation.

* 1971 – The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius.

* In 1982 14 men of the Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force were deployed to Grenada during the Operation Urgent Fury.

* In 1995 members of the Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force were deployed in Haiti as a part of Operation Uphold Democracy.

Operation Dino-Lift.

* 1945 – World War II: Start of Operation Manna.

* 1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U. S. begins to evacuate U. S. citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover.

* 1969 – Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland.

* 1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal – The reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.

* 1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon – Allied forces land in southern France.

This can have important consequences when dealing with issues such as consensual sadomasochistic sexual activity, the most notable case being the Operation Spanner case.

* 1943 – World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.

* 1965 – Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins – United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.