1644 Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause. W
1645 English Civil War. Scottish Covenanter forces abandon their month-long Siege of Hereford, a Cavalier stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland. W
1862 American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia. W
1864 American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman. W
1870 Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory. W
1880 The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War. W
1939 World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II. W
1969 A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power. W
1982 The United States Air Force Space Command is founded W
1983 Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald. W
2008 Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces. W
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