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- 1176 - Battle of Myriokephalon
- 1394 - King Charles VI of France orders all Jews expelled from France
- 1462 - Battle of Swiecin, called also Battle of Zarnowiec, during Thirteen Years' War
- 1630 - City of Boston, Massachusetts founded
- 1776 - Presidio of San Francisco founded
- 1787 - The text of the United States ConstitutionLaw for the United States of America The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America and is the oldest written national constitution still in force. It was completed on September 17, 1787, with its adoption by the was agreed in Philadelphia
- 1809Events January 16 Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of Corunna. February 3 Illinois Territory was created. February 11 Robert Fulton patents the steamboat. February 20 A decision by the Supreme Court of the United States states t - Peace between SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf and RussiaThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. With in the Finnish WarThe Finnish War was fought between Sweden and Russia from February 1808 to September 1809. As a result of the war, the eastern third of Sweden was established as the semi-autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, according to the Finns in personal union with Imp. The territory to become FinlandSuomen TasavaltaRepubliken Finland ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National motto: None Official languages Finnish and Swedish Capital Helsinki President Tarja Halonen Prime minister Matti Vanhanen Area Total % water Ranked 64th 337,030 kmē 9. 4% Population Tot is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of FredrikshamnThe Treaty of Fredrikshamn Freden i Fredrikshamn in Swedish and Haminan rauha in Finnish ) was a peace treaty concluded between Sweden and Russia on September 17, 1809. The treaty concluded the Finnish War and was signed in the present-day Finnish town of.
- 1859 - Joshua A. Norton declares himself Emperor Norton I of the United States
- 1862 - George McClellan halted the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army at Antietam (See Battle of Antietam)
- 1894 - Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
- 1900 - Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.
- 1908 - Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge crashes a Wright Brothers airplane and becomes the first airplane fatality
- 1920 - National Football League organized in Canton, Ohio
- 1939 - The Soviet Union joined Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defence War of 1939
- 1944 - British troops parachute into Arnhem, as a part of Operation Market Garden
- 1947 - James V. Forrestal was sworn in as the 1st Secretary of Defense of United States
- 1948 - Lehi (also know as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the UN to mediate between the Arabs and Jews
- 1951 - Robert A. Lovett was sworn in as the 4th Secretary of Defense of United States
- 1976 - The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, was unveiled by NASA
- 1978 - The Camp David Accords were signed by Israel and Egypt
- 1983 - Vanessa Williams becomes first African-American Miss America
- 1984 - Brian Mulroney sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada
- 1988 - Opening ceremony of the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in Seoul, South Korea
- 1991 - Lithuania, North Korea and South Korea joined the United Nations
- 2001 - The Late Show with David Letterman is the first TV talk show to return to the airwaves six days after terrorists attack the United States in New York City and Washington D.C.
- 2001 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average opens for the first time after the September 11 attacks. The stocks plummet throughout the trading session and posts its biggest point drop in its history closing down 684.81 points to 8920.70.
- 2004 - Tamil is declared first classical language in India.
- 2004 - Barry Bonds reaches an elite number of 700 homeruns in Major League Baseball.
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