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World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
Mexican–American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
Battle of North Point: an American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812.
Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
Raja Aziz Bhatti, Pakistani Major who received the Nishan-e-Haider in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (born 1882)
Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (born 1880)
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army began the Battle of Edson's Ridge in an effort to retake Henderson Field on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands from the Allies.
World War II: Start of the Battle of Meligalas between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist security battalions.
World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeat attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
The Basuto Gun War breaks out after the Basuto launch a rebellion against the Cape Colony.
American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes�
War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.