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-*[[1176]] - The [[Battle of Myriokephalon]] is fought. 
-*[[1462]] - The [[Battle of Świecino]] (or [[Battle of Żarnowiec]]) is fought during [[Thirteen Years' War]]. 
-*[[1577]] - [[Peace of Bergerac]] signed between [[Henry III of France]] and the [[Huguenots]]. 
-*[[1630]] - The city of [[Boston, Massachusetts]], is founded. 
-*[[1631]] - Sweden wins a major victory at the [[Battle of Breitenfeld]] against the Holy Roman Empire during the [[Thirty Years War]].  
-*[[1776]] - The [[Presidio of San Francisco]] is founded in [[New Spain]]. 
-*[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Fort Pitt (1778)|Treaty of Fort Pitt]] signed, the first formal treaty between the [[United States]] and a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribe (the [[Lenape]] or [[Delaware]]). 
-*[[1787]] - The [[United States Constitution]] is signed in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. 
-*[[1809]] - Peace between [[Sweden]] and [[Russia]] in the [[Finnish War]]. The territory to become [[Finland]] is ceded to [[Russia]] by the [[Treaty of Fredrikshamn]]. 
-*[[1814]] - [[Francis Scott Key]] finishes his [[The Star-Spangled Banner]] poem. 
-*[[1859]] - [[Joshua A. Norton]] declares himself [[Emperor]] [[Norton I]] of the [[United States]]. 
-*[[1862]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[George B. McClellan]] halts the northward drive of [[Robert E. Lee]]'s [[Confederate army]] in the single-day [[Battle of Antietam]], the bloodiest day in American history. 
-*[[1894]] - [[Battle of Yalu River (1894)|Battle of Yalu River]], the largest naval engagement of the [[First Sino-Japanese War]].  
-*[[1900]] - [[Philippine-American War]]: [[Filipino people|Filipinos]] under [[Juan Cailles]] defeat [[United States|Americans]] under [[Colonel]] [[Benjamin F. Cheatham]] at [[Mabitac]]. 
-*[[1908]] - The [[Wright Flyer]] flown by [[Orville Wright]], with [[Lieutenant]] [[Thomas Selfridge]] as passenger, crashes; killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality. 
-*[[1914]] - [[Andrew Fisher]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Australia]] for the third time. 
-*[[1916]] - [[World War I]]: [[Manfred von Richthofen]] ("[[The Red Baron]]"), a [[flying ace]] of the [[Germany|German]] [[Luftwaffe|Luftstreitkräfte]], won his first aerial combat near [[Cambrai]], [[France]]. 
-*[[1920]] - [[National Football League]] is organized in [[Canton, Ohio]], [[United States]]. 
-*[[1924]] - The [[Border Defence Corps]] was established in the [[Second Polish Republic]] for the defence of the eastern border against armed [[Soviet]] raids and local bandits.  
-*[[1928]] - The [[1928 Okeechobee Hurricane|Okeechobee Hurricane]] strikes southeastern [[Florida]], killing upwards of 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural disaster in [[US]] history, behind the [[Galveston Hurricane of 1900]] and the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]].  
-[[Image:Second World War europe.PNG|right|thumb|200px|The [[Soviet Union]] joined [[Nazi Germany]]'s invasion of [[Poland]]. ]] 
-*[[1939]] - The [[Soviet Union]] joined [[Nazi Germany]]'s invasion of [[Poland]] during the [[Invasion of Poland (1939)|Polish Defensive War]] of [[1939]].  
-*[[1941]] - A decree of the [[Soviet]] State Committee of Defense, restoring [[Vsevobuch]] in the face of the [[Great Patriotic War]], was issued 
-*[[1943]] - [[Russia]]n city of [[Bryansk]] liberated from [[Nazis]]. 
-*[[1944]] - [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] Airborne troops parachute into [[Holland]] as the "Market" half of [[Operation Market Garden]]. 
-*[[1947]] - [[James V. Forrestal]] was sworn in as the [[United States Secretary of Defense|first Secretary of Defense of United States]]. 
-*[[1948]] - [[Lehi (group)|Lehi]] (also known as the [[Stern gang]]) assassinates [[Count]] [[Folke Bernadotte]], who was appointed by the [[UN]] to mediate between the [[Arab]]s and [[Jew]]s. 
-*[[1949]] - The [[Canadian]] steamship [[SS Noronic]] burns in [[Toronto]] Harbor with the loss of over 118 lives. 
-*[[1956]] - [[Television]] was first broadcast in [[Australia]]. 
*[[1967]] - [[Jim Morrison]] and [[The Doors]] defy [[CBS]] censors on [[The Ed Sullivan Show]]. *[[1967]] - [[Jim Morrison]] and [[The Doors]] defy [[CBS]] censors on [[The Ed Sullivan Show]].
*[[1970]] - Fighting breaks out along the [[Syria]]-[[Jordanian]] border between [[Jordanian]] troops and the [[fedayeen]]. *[[1970]] - Fighting breaks out along the [[Syria]]-[[Jordanian]] border between [[Jordanian]] troops and the [[fedayeen]].

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