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1571 \u2013 The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the moslem Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat.<\/p>\n
1777 \u2013 American forces defeat British forces under general John Burgoyne in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights, compelling Burgoyne’s eventual surrender.<\/p>\n
1780 \u2013 American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.<\/p>\n
2001 \u2013 The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the longest war in American history.<\/p>\n
2023 \u2013 Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launch an attack into Israel, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking more than 240 hostages, including civilians and soldiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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