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- 1794 – To protect American merchant ships from Barbary pirates, Congress passed the Naval Act to authorize the building of six frigates, which eventually became the U.S. Navy.
- 1899 – Philippine–American War: For the only time during the course of the war, Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo (pictured) personally led troops against the U.S. in the Battle of Marilao River.
- 1981 – The Solidarity movement in Poland staged a warning strike, the biggest strike in the history of the Eastern Bloc, in which at least 12 millionPoles walked off their jobs for four hours.
- 1999 – During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, an Army of Yugoslaviaunit shot down a U.S. Air Force F-117 stealth aircraft.
- 2009 – A failure of the dam holding Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Tangerang District, Indonesia, resulted in floods killing at least 100 people.
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