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World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
World War I: The Battle of Haifa takes place in present-day Israel, part of the Ottoman Empire at that time.
World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby.
World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
World War II: The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission during the war.
World War II: Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
World War II: The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader.
World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
During World War II, German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.
World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation.
World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.