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In the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
Kurt Warner, American football player and sportscaster
Elizabeth Warren, American academic and politician
Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter and coach (died 2001)
Aleksander Warma, Estonian commander and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 1970)
Vasil Bykaŭ, Belarusian war novelist (born 1924)
Hasdrubal Barca, Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War (born 245 BC)
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)
War of 1812: After learning of a forthcoming American attack, Laura Secord walked 20 mi (32 km) from Queenston, Upper Canada, to warn British lieutenant James FitzGibbon (depicted).
France declared war on Russia, starting Napoleon's invasion two days later.
The British warship HMS Leopard pursued and attacked the American frigate USS Chesapeake (pictured) in the belief that the crew of the latter included deserters from the Royal Navy.
Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.
Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.
Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn (south of Stirling) begins.
War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.