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World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
Chandra Bahadur Dangi, world record holder for shortest man (born 1939)
World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
Daniel Burnham, American architect, designed the World's Columbian Exposition (died 1912)
Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (born 1941)
The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American who broadcast under the name Orphan Annie during World War II, is arrested in Yokohama by U.S. military authorities amid widespread speculation of her being wa�
World War II: In the Pacific Theater, the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae during the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.
World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
Lawrie Dring, Scottish scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (born 1931)
World War II: Soviet forces captured the city of Tartu on their way to re-establishing their rule in Estonia.
World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
Second World War: The Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other cities and towns.
Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union.