January 19, 2019 This day in history
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Started by metmike - Jan. 18, 2019, 9:01 p.m.

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1419Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.


Hundred years War:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War

Date24 May 1337 – 19 October 1453[h]
(116 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
LocationFrance, the Low Countries, Great Britain, Iberian Peninsula
Result
Territorial
changes
England permanently loses all of its previous continental possessions but gains the Pale of Calais.


The war featured people fighting a war that started with their great, great, great grandparents!(5 generations). 

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By carlberky - Jan. 18, 2019, 9:36 p.m.
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1981Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.

Way to go, Ronny.