1377 - Russian troops are defeated in the Battle on Pyana River because of drunkenness.
1776 - The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
1798 - French Revolutionary Wars: the Battle of the Nile concludes in a British victory
1903 - Fall of the Ottoman Empire: an unsuccessful uprising led by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization against Ottoman Turkey, also known as the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, takes place.
1918 - The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
1934 - Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
Famous Birthdays:
1696 - Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan
1820 - John Tyndall, physicist
1868 - King Constantine I of Greece
1902 - Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
1914 - Beatrice Straight, actress
1932 - Peter O'Toole, actor
1950 - Kathryn Harrold, actress
1970 - Kevin Smith, director and screenwriter
1981 - Sara Foster, actress
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