1998 results for “World War” (378 ms)
Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
Warren Jabali, American basketball player (born 1946)
Croatian War of Independence: The Croatian Army concluded Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the Dubrovnik hinterland.
English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Roundway Down near Devizes, Wiltshire.
Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company repelled a fleet of Spanish and Maltese galleys at the Battle of Pantelleria.
The 1913 Romanian Army cholera outbreak during the Second Balkan War starts.
American Civil War: The New York City draft riots begin three days of rioting which will later be regarded as the worst in United States history.
Nine Years' War: French naval forces led by Anne Hilarion de Tourville fresh from their victory at Beachy Head sail West and launch a raid on the small English town of Teignmouth leaving it devastated�
English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" resolution is approved, authorising Mahatma Gandhi to campaign for India's independence from Britain.
The Finnish War: the Battle of Lapua is fought.
Anglo-Spanish War: English and Dutch troops sack the Spanish city of Cádiz before leaving the next day.
Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (died 2013)
Korean War: North Korean troops began attacking the headquarters of the American 24th Infantry Division in present-day Daejeon, South Korea.
1454–1466 Thirteen Years' War: The Battle for Kneiphof ended with a decisive victory for the Teutonic Order.
AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine.