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World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.
World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
A Gaelic Irish army successfully ambushes an English force in the battle of Clontibret during the Nine Years' War.
World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
Falklands War: the British Army defeats the Argentine Army at the Battle of Goose Green.
World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
American Revolutionary War: At the Waxhaws Massacre, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659).
The Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire sign a peace treaty to end the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1532–1555.
Mongol–Jin war: The Mongols entered Kaifeng after a successful siege and began looting in the fallen capital of the Jin dynasty.
The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.