This Day In History
1714
The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy.
1933
The Simele massacre: The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day.
1940
World War II: Alsace Lorraine is annexed by the Third Reich.
1942
World War II: the Battle of Guadalcanal begins United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
1998
The United States embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
1999
The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades the neighbouring Russian Republic of Dagestan.
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