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American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
Aribert Heim, Austrian SS physician and Nazi war criminal (died 1992)
Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (born 1755)
Korean War: South Korean forces began the Bodo League massacre, summarily executing tens of thousands of suspected North Korean sympathizers.
World War II: The Wehrmacht launched Case Blue, a strategic German offensive to capture oil fields in the south of the Soviet Union.
American Revolutionary War: The militia of the Province of South Carolina repelled a British attack on Charleston.
The Bulgarian army launches attacks against Serbian positions, triggering the Second Balkan War.
Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.
Black Hawk War: Three men working in a cornfield were attacked by Sauk Native Americans, resulting in two deaths.
World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
Serbia declares war on the Ottoman Empire, leading to the Serbian Wars for Independence.
Northwest Indian War: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (born 1875)
Anglo-Spanish War: After a 15-day siege Spanish troops in San Juan, modern-day Puerto Rico, surrendered to an English force under Sir George Clifford.
The United States captured Guam from Spain in a bloodless event during the Spanish–American War.