1796 Napoléon Bonaparte is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French Army in Italy.
1836 Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico in Columbia.
1882 Queen Victoria narrowly escapes assassination when Roderick Maclean shoots at her while boarding a train in Windsor.
1991 US Army controversially destroys a retreating Iraqi Republican Guard column at Rumaila Oil Field, despite a ceasefire being observed.
2002 US invasion of Afghanistan: US conventional forces first deployed as part of Operation Anaconda.
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