1774 First incident of American Revolution - 400 New Hampshire militiamen successfully attack Fort William and Mary.
1812 The French invasion of Russia, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, officially ends with the French having lost as many as 530,000 people.
1941 Premier Winston Churchill travels to US on board HMS Duke of York.
1941 U-557 torpedoes British cruiser Galatea (sank next day)
1944 US Congress establishes rank of General of Army (5-star General)
1952 UN Troops kill 82 North Korean POWs during a prison camp riot in Pongam-do, South Korea.
2008 President George W. Bush make his fourth and final trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a farewell conference in Baghdad.
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