Napoleon won the battle of Dresden against the Austrians.
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The British defeated the Americans in the Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn.
Chinese and Korean forces won the two-day Battle of Baekgangon.
Two baseball teams played a night match at White Sox Party using three 100-foot towers lit with 12 electric lamps.
The world's first jet-powered aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, completed its first flight.
Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years.