2014 Event Peshmerga fighters have occupied part of Sinjar Mountain, retaking the territory from ISIS militants; around 1,500 Yazidi families, trapped on the mountain, have been liberated 2014 Event Kurdish peshmerga fighters are able to recapture part of the Mosul Dam after U.S. airstrikes push back Islamic State militants 2014 Event The week-long cease-fire in the Ukraine has been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who urged separatist fighters to stop fighting and instead hold discussions with the Ukrainian government 2011 Event Amid criticism from rebel fighters, NATO pledges to protect the besieged town of Misrata, Libya 2010 Event Houthi fighters and the Yemeni government declare a ceasefire in northern Yemen 1989 Event U.S. F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean 1988 Event 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany 1988 Death Paolo Stoppa, actor (Garibaldi, Visit, Freedom Fighters), dies 1986 Event Israeli fighters intercept Libyan passenger plane 1983 Event U.S. jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon 1981 Event 2 U.S. Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22 1978 Event Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut 1978 Event Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order 1973 Event Israeli fighters shoot Libyan aircraft down, killing 108 1969 Birthday Dave Grohl, drummer, Nirvana, Foo Fighters 1966 Event 6 French fighters crash above Spain 1962 Event Premier Ben Khedda disbands Algerian Liberation Army fighters 1960 Event Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland) 1955 Event 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel 1952 Event Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down 1952 Event Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8 1945 Event Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam 1944 Event 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down 1941 Event 18 Geuzen resistance fighters sentenced to death in The Hague 1941 Event 2 fighters unable to continued slugfest, referee declares double KO 1941 Event Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet 1853 Event Cincinnati became 1st U.S. city to pay fire fighters a regular salary
