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World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
Constitution for the Federation of Earth was adopted by the second session of the World Constituent Assembly, held at Innsbruck, Austria.
World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
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.
World War I: Russia launches an offensive against Austria-Hungary to capture Galicia, its final offensive of the war.
World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under German control. Of the four French battleships present, one is sunk, two are damaged, a�
World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58 km/h).
The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław�
World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.