1808 Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
1945 US President Harry Truman ends Lend-Lease program.
1968 Marine James Anderson Jr is 1st African American to win Medal of Honor.
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