1814: Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated Menawa's Creek Red Sticks at Horseshoe Bend, near Dadeville, Alabama. To read Andrew Jackson's bio, visit HistoryNet.com.
Also today in history, in the U.S. and elsewhere:
1865: Union troops took Spanish Fort, Alabama.
1943: U.S. Army forces went over to the offensive in Tunisia as the 34th Infantry Division under Maj. Gen. Charles W. Ryder and assaulted Fondouk Pass.
1984: The "Tanker War" began in the Persian Gulf as Iraqi and Iranian aircraft and minelayers damaged 44 ships in nine months, including those bearing the flags of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
