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World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
World War I: Siege of Tsingtao: A Japanese fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Sadakichi Kato imposes a blockade along the whole coastline of German Tsingtao, initiating the Siege of Tsingtao.
Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
Police and protesters clash during 1968 Democratic National Convention protests as protesters chant "The whole world is watching".
World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
World War II: The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
A story in the New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted�
The Third World Population Conference ends in Bucharest, Romania. At the end of the ceremony, the UN-Romanian Demographic Centre is inaugurated.
The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.