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American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
Hissène Habré, Chadian politician and war criminal, 5th president of Chad (died 2021)
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launched an air operation, codenamed Adlertag, to destroy the British Royal Air Force; its failure indefinitely postponed the German invasion of the United Kingdom.
Anglo-Spanish War: The United Kingdom captured Havana after a five-week siege, holding it until the Treaty of Paris the following year.
War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough led Allied forces to a crucial victory at the Battle of Blenheim.
Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the United Nations Security Council's approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between Lebanon an�
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lanka Air Force air strike.
World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive.
American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida.
A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended the Swedish–Norwegian War.
The Treaty of Wereloe ended the 1788–1790 Russo-Swedish War.
Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.
War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battle of Mauron.
War of Saint Sabas: A Genoese fleet captured or sank most of the ships of a Venetian trade convoy off the Albanian coast.
Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the Murayama Statement, which formally expresses remorse for Japanese war crimes committed during World War II.
Vietnam War: The US Air Force bombing of Cambodia ends.
Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in World War II; Korea gains independence from the Empire of Japan.
World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.