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American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet in one of the few night battles of the war, protecting�
Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war
The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared�
Aftermath of World War II: In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their�
Second Boer War: Battle of Chieveley, a British armored train is ambushed and partially derailed. British lose the battle, with 80 soldiers captured, along with war correspondent Winston Churchill.
Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
Battle of Megiddo – the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
Anneli Jäätteenmäki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland.
Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29 1/2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International A�
The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
The town of Elmore City, Oklahoma holds its first dance in the town's history.
Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
Three-Fifths Compromise: The first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three-fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of t�