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During the French War of Religion, Protestant coup officials in Nîmes massacre Catholic priests in an event now known as the Michelade.
Alan Moorehead, Australian war correspondent and author (born 1910)
World War II: the Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden.
World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.
World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
Ukrainian War of Independence: Insurgent forces led by Nestor Makhno defeats the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka.
War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia.
Battle of Morlaix is fought in the Hundred Years' War.
Sonia Orbuch, Polish resistance fighter during the Second World War and Holocaust educator. (born 1925)
Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (born 1837)
Anglo-Egyptian War: English forces defeat the Egyptian army in the battle of Tel el-Kebir.
World War II: American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Morotai.
American Revolutionary War: British forces made an unopposed amphibious landing at Kips Bay on Manhattan, the American defenders having fled due to artillery fire.
The battle of Megiddo begins in which British forces attack the right flank of the Ottoman army during World War I.
World War I: German naval forces bombarded Papeete in French Polynesia and sank a French gunboat.
Eighty Years' War: Spanish forces defeated an Anglo-Dutch army at the Battle of Zutphen.* 1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General was formally established.
World War I: British forces capture Haifa, Acre, and Es Salt from the Ottoman Empire.
Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.