1862 Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg], bloodiest day in the American Civil War 23,110 die in first battle on Union soil.
1916 The Red Baron [Manfred von Richthofen], WWI flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
1939 German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die.
1944 Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem Netherlands.
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