American Revolutionary War: American forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
Slavery is abolished in New York State.
American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Rivers and Harbors Flood Control Bill.
The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
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