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  2. List of conflicts by duration - Wikipedia

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    4 years, 3 months and 2 weeks American Civil War 12 April 1861 9 April 1865 3 years, 11 months and 4 weeks Philippine-American War: 4 February 1899 July 2, 1902 3 years, 3 months, 4 weeks and 1 day War of Attrition: 1 July 1967: 7 August 1970: 3 years, 1 month and 6 days Spanish Civil War: 17 July 1936 1 April 1939

  3. Bay of Pigs Invasion - Wikipedia

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    Taíno genocide Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535–1821) Siege of Havana (1762) Captaincy General of Cuba (1607–1898) Lopez Expedition (1850–1851) Ten Years' War (1868–1878) Little War (1879–1880) Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) Treaty of Paris (1898) US Military Government (1898–1902) Platt Amendment (1901) Republic of Cuba (1902–1959) Cuban Pacification (1906–1909) Negro ...

  4. The Californias - Wikipedia

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    Following Mexico's defeat in the war, most of the former Alta California territory was ceded on 2 February 1848 to the United States, under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The new Mexico–United States border was established slightly to the north of the previous Alta-Baja border, and the terms Las Californias and Alta California ...

  5. List of wars involving the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of military conflicts, that United States has been involved in. There are currently 123 military conflicts on this list, 5 of which are ongoing. These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War.

  6. List of Baja California Peninsula hurricanes - Wikipedia

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    Mid-August 2012: 400 people were evacuated in Los Cabos due to flooding from Tropical Storm Hector. [107] One hundred people were left homeless. [108] September 3, 2012: Moisture from short-lived Tropical Storm John brought some rain and wind to the region. [109] September 18, 2012: The remnants of Tropical Storm Kristy prompted wind warnings ...

  7. Baja California peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Another isolated range, the Sierra Vizcaino, juts out into the Pacific between Punta Eugenia and Punta Abreojos. Climate. The climate of Baja California peninsula is predominantly a hot desert climate, with the northern parts featuring a Mediterranean climate, and contains some dots of Mediterranean and hot semi arid climate along all of the ...

  8. Manhunt of El Chapo Guzmán - Wikipedia

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    The Mexican Navy, acting on intelligence from the DEA, assembled at a military base in Los Cabos and formed the so-called Operation Gargoyle (Spanish: Operación Gárgola), the code-name given for the operation that pursued Guzmán. In order to avoid attention, the Navy placed one of its ships off the Baja California coast in Los Cabos as a decoy.

  9. Conquest of California - Wikipedia

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    The Conquest of California, also known as the Conquest of Alta California or the California Campaign, was a military campaign during the Mexican–American War carried out by the United States in Alta California (modern-day California), then part of Mexico, lasting from 1846 to 1847, and ending with signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga by military leaders from both the Californios and Americans.