| | 1813 | French surrender city of Danzig to Russians. |
| | 1863 | Battle of Knoxville. Abortive attack by Longstreet on Union troops under Burnside. |
| | 1887 | U.S. receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii. |
| | 1890 | 1st Army-Navy football game.
Score: Navy 25, Army 0. |
| | 1940 | British open a corridor into besieged Tobruk. |
| | 1941 | British Eighth Army relieves Tobruk after 240 day siege. |