244 years ago today, the newly-born United States of America defeated a king.

On This Day, October 19: Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, ending Revolutionary War | UPI.com

On Oct. 19, 1781, Britain's Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered with more than 7,000 troops to Gen. George Washington at Yorktown, Va., effectively ending the American War of Independence.

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