Three Genoese galleys and a Byzantine blockade runner fight their way through an Ottoman blockading fleet a few weeks before the fall of Constantinople.
The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
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