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September 2
1862: U.S. Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly
1864: U.S. Civil War: Union forces under General William T.
1870: Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan - Prussian forces
1898: Battle of Omdurman - British and Egyptian troops led b
1918: DROCOURT-QUEANT, effective dates for battle honour beg
1918: VC won by A/Sgt Arthur George Knight, `10th Battalion,
1918: VC won by Capt Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson, MC, Canadi
1918: VC won by L/Cpl William Henry Metcalf, MM, 16th Battal
1918: VC won by LCol Cyrus Wesley Peck, DSO, 16th Battalion,
1918: VC won by Pte Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney, DCM, MM, 3
1918: VC won by Pte John Francis Young, 87th Battalion, CEF,
1939: Following the invasion of Poland, Freie Stadt Danzig D
1939: RCAF authorized to recruit to full establishment
1942: The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps is authorized: Ducim
1945: Japanese and allies sign surrender agreement aboard th
1945: Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democra
1945: World War II ends: The final official surrender of Jap
1998: A United Nations court finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the fo
31BC: Roman Civil War: Battle of Actium - Off the western co
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