| | 1868 | Battle of Toba. Imperial troops defeat Shogun Yoshinobum effectively ending the Japanese Revolution. |
| | 1898 | Battle of Manilla Bay. "You may fire when ready, Gridley." American flotilla under Commodore Dewey utterly destroyed Spanish fleet off Cavite Point. |
| | 1904 | Japanese army crushed Russian force holding positions along the Yalu river, Korea. |
| | 1904 | Battle of Kin-Lien-Cheng. Japanese inflict heavy losses on Russians while suffering comparatively few themselves. |
| | 1945 | Russians capture the Reichstag in Berlin. Germans hold out in Berlin for one more day. |
| | 1960 | U-2 spy plane piloted by Gary Powers shot down over Soviet Union. |