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- 1709 – In the Great Northern War, Swedish forces under Charles XII were defeated by Russian troops led by Peter the Great at the Battle of Poltava.
United States Declaration of Independence
- 1776 – The United States Declaration of Independence received its first formal public reading, in Philadelphia.
- 1950 – In the Korean War, American troops withdrew from Cheonan, in modern-day South Korea, after suffering heavy casualties from a North Korean attack.
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