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September 8
1380: Battle of Kulikovo - Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
1449: Battle of Tumu Fortress - Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor
1514: Battle of Orsha - In one of the biggest battles of that century, Belarussians and Poles defeat the Russian army
1760: Montreal capitulates to the British
1796: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Bassano - French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano.
1855: Sebastopol falls following a year long seige
1863: American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass - On the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
1917: Russian government reimposes death penalty everywhere for treason, desertion and cowardice
1941: World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad. Stalin orders the Volga Deutsche deported to Siberia.
1943: Eisenhower announces unconditional surrender of the Italians
1943: World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies.
1944: World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.
1945: Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
1954: The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
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