1862 - American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
1916 - World War I: The Battle of the Somme ends.
1918 - Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
1940 - World War II: In England, the city of Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
1941 - World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murdered 9000 Jews in a single day.
1971 - Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria
1973 - In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
1990 - After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
1991 - Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
2001 - War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
Famous Birthdays:
1650 - King William III of England
1812 - Maria Christina of Savoy, Queen of the Two Sicilies
1840 - Claude Monet, painter
1889 - Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India
1896 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States
1922 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, UN Secretary-General
1935 - King Hussein of Jordan
1948 - HRH Charles, Prince of Wales - heir to the throne of the United Kingdom
1953 - Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister of France
1954 - Condoleezza Rice, diplomat and 66th United States Secretary of State
1971 - Marco Leonardi, actor
1972 - Josh Duhamel, actor
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