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American Revolutionary War: French troops landed near St. George's, Grenada, and began their capture of the island.
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�
Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, enabling Prussia to exclude Austria from German affairs.
American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
War of 1812: American forces capture Fort Erie from British troops in Upper Canada.
American Revolutionary War: The Iroquois, allied with Britain, massacre 360 Patriot soldiers during the Battle of Wyoming.
American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (died 1928)
Second World War: The Royal Navy attacked the French fleet at Mers El Kébir (pictured), fearing that the ships would fall into Axis hands after the French–German armistice.
American Revolutionary War: Loyalists and Iroquois killed over 300 Patriots at the Battle of Wyoming in Pennsylvania.
French and Indian War: George Washington surrendered Fort Necessity in Pennsylvania, the only military surrender in his career.
Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II, and nearly a decade after the war's end.
Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
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.
World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German-occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.