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Events
- 410 - Visigothic sack of Rome ends after three days.
- 1776 - Battle of Long Island, in present day Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
- 1813 - Napoleon defeats the Austrians, Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
- 1859 - Petroleum discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania. World's first successful oil well.
- 1939 - First flight of the German Heinkel He 178, the first modern jet aircraft.
- 1952 - Reparation negotiations between West Germany and Israel end in Luxembourg; West Germany to pay 3 billion Deutschmark.
- 1991
- The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
Births
- 1770 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (d. 1831)
- 1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
Deaths
- 1963 - W.E.B. DuBois, American civil rights activist (b. 1868)
- 1975 - Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1892)
