Events

• 1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin-Song wars.
• 1649 – Cromwell’s New Model Army Sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
• 1776 – American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
• 1797 – The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
• 1840 – The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
• 1865 – Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
• 1899 – The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
• 1912 – First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
• 1941 – Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
  • Revolution Day (North Macedonia).
• 1942 – World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
• 1944 – The Tuvan People’s Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.
• 1954 – In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
• 1972 – A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam.
• 1976 – George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
• 1986 – Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
• 1987 – Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka.
  • Thousands of civilians, insurgents, and soldiers die.
• General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States).

People (Births)

• 1738 – Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814).
• 1739 – Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (d. 1791).
• 1803 – Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (d. 1885).
• 1897 – Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (d. 1982).
• 1901 – Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician (d. 1961).
• 1919 – Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honour (d. 1942).
• 1922 – G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (d. 1995).
• 1924 – Mal Whitfield, American athlete (d. 2015).
• 1927 – Jim Prior, Baron Prior, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 2016).
• 1928 – Roscoe Robinson, Jr., American general (d. 1993).
• 1930 – Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician (d. 2020).
• 1936 – C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2013).
• 1938 – Michael Stear, English air marshal (d. 2020).
• 1947 – Alan Pascoe, English hurdler.
• 1985 – Nesta Carter, Jamaican sprinter.

People (Deaths)

• 1424 – Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader.
• 1779 – Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (b. 1745).
• 1809 – Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774).
• 1821 – John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754).
• 1971 – Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898).
• 1996 – Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (b. 1913).
• 2004 – Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919).
• 2008 – Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women’s Royal Naval Service (b. 1932).
• 2013 – Erich Priebke, German captain (b. 1913).