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World War II: In opposition to the government-in-exile based in London, the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation was proclaimed to govern territory recaptured from Germany.
American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.
Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.
The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.
World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin on the Eastern Front.
American Civil War: Henry Halleck becomes general-in-chief of the Union Army.
Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê.
World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosi�
The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
War of the Spanish Succession: The French under Marshal Villars win a decisive victory over Eugene of Savoy at Denain.
Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.
Iran–Iraq War: In opposition to the American plan to protect Kuwaiti tankers, Iran laid mines and damaged the SS Bridgeton, resulting in a propaganda victory for Iran.
Franco-Syrian War: At the Battle of Maysalun forces of the Arab Kingdom of Syria were defeated by a French army moving to occupy the territory allocated to them by the San Remo conference.
WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.
Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.