1781 British forces under General Charles Cornwallis sign terms of surrender to George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown at 2 pm; US Revolutionary War ends.
1812 Napoleon's forces begin their retreat from Moscow.
1950 UN forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea.
1951 US President Harry Truman formally ends state of war with Germany.
1977 Supersonic Concorde jet's first landing in NYC.
1987 US warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf.
2016 Third US Presidential debate: Donald Trump notably refuses to say if he will accept the result of election during debate with Hillary Clinton at Nevada University, Las Vegas.
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