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1930

Warren Rudman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)

Warren Rudman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)

1965

Eli Cohen, a spy who is credited with gathering significant intelligence used by Israel during the Six-Day War, was publ

Eli Cohen, a spy who is credited with gathering significant intelligence used by Israel during the Six-Day War, was publicly hanged in Syria.

1952

First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces overran a French and Laotian garrison at Muong Khoua, leaving only four survivors

First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces overran a French and Laotian garrison at Muong Khoua, leaving only four survivors.

1863

American Civil War: General Ulysses S

American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant led his Army of the Tennessee across the Big Black River in preparation for the Siege of Vicksburg.

1943

The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends

The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.

1916

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreem

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.

1863

American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, the decisive Union victory by Ulysses S

American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, the decisive Union victory by Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Champion Hill drives the Confederate army under John C. Pemberton back towards Vicksb�

1834

The Battle of Asseiceira is fought; it was the final and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal

The Battle of Asseiceira is fought; it was the final and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.

1822

Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli

Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.

1812

Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War

Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia.

1771

The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "

The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.

1364

Hundred Years' War: Bertrand du Guesclin and a French army defeat the Anglo-Navarrese army of Charles the Bad at Cochere

Hundred Years' War: Bertrand du Guesclin and a French army defeat the Anglo-Navarrese army of Charles the Bad at Cocherel.

999

Rebel Turkish warlord Mahmud of Ghazni defeats Samanid Emir Mansur II in battle at Merv

Rebel Turkish warlord Mahmud of Ghazni defeats Samanid Emir Mansur II in battle at Merv.

1811

Peninsular War: Allied British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces clashed with French troops at the Battle of Albuera (depi

Peninsular War: Allied British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces clashed with French troops at the Battle of Albuera (depicted) fought south of Badajoz, Spain.

1943

Winston Churchill's second wartime address to the U

Winston Churchill's second wartime address to the U.S. Congress

1919

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.

1900

Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking

Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.

1776

American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars

American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.

1655

The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War

The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.

1643

Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marki

Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.