World War II: British and Canadian troops <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Baytown" id="mwAQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Baytown">land on the Italian mainland</a>. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_of_Cassibile" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Armistice of Cassibile">Armistice of Cassibile</a>, although it is not announced for another five days.