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American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
Tosia Altman, member of the Polish resistance in World War II (died 1943)
Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (born 1760)
World War II: At the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, bombers from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō near Santa Isabel Island, contributing to an Allied victo�
War of 1812: British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to various U.S. government buildings, including the White House (pictured).
American Revolutionary War: Near present-day Aurora, Indiana, American Indians led by Joseph Brant killed or captured all members of a Pennsylvania militia.
War of the Spanish Succession: An Anglo-Dutch fleet engaged a French naval force at the Battle of Málaga in the Mediterranean Sea.
Caesar's Civil War: Forces loyal to Julius Caesar led by Gaius Scribonius Curio were defeated by Pompeian Republicans under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba I of Numidia.
To avert a threatened strike during the Korean War, President Truman orders Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to seize control of the nation's railroads.
World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.
World War II: Battle of Milne Bay: Japanese marines assault Allied airfields at Milne Bay, New Guinea, initiating the Battle of Milne Bay.
World War II: Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: The United Kingdom and the Soviet Union jointly stage an invasion of the Imperial State of Iran.
Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lo�
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Liaoyang begins.
Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
War of the Portuguese Succession: Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union.
Mexican drug war: Fifty-two people were killed in an arson attack at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico.
World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea.