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    1709: Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy take Mons in the Netherlands.

    1805: Austrian general Karl Mac surrenders to Napoleons army at the battle of Ulm.

    1870: The Summer Palace in Beijing, China, is burnt to the ground by a Franco-British expeditionary force.

    1940: German troops reach the approaches to Moscow.

    1944: After advancing island by island across the Pacific Ocean, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte, fulfilling his promise to return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942.

    1950: In the first airborne operation of the war, 2,860 paratroopers of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team jumped between Sukchon and Sunchon, 25 miles north of Pyongyang. Far East Air Force C-119s and C-47s transported the assault force and F-80 and F-51 fighters provided air cover.

    1952: The destroyer escort Lewis was hit by shore fire off the West Coast of Korea. Seven sailors were killed and one wounded.

    1964: Relations between Cambodia, South Vietnam, and the United States reach a low point as Cambodia becomes a sanctuary for Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces.

    480: Greeks defeat the Persians in a naval battle at Salamis.


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