| 1918: | | | Manfred, Freiherr (baron) von Richthofen, Germany's top flying ace in World War I, was shot down and killed during a battle near Amiens, France. |
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| 1836: | | | General Sam Houston led 800 Texans to victory over a Mexican army of 1,500 under General Antonio López de Santa Anna in the Battle of San Jacinto, ensuring the Texans' independence from Mexico. |
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| 1830: | | | James Starley, an inventor and the father of the bicycle industry, was born in Albourne, Sussex, England. |
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| 1800: | | | French forces under General Jean-Baptiste Kléber recaptured Cairo and initiated the brief French occupation of Egypt. |
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| 1782: | | Friedrich Froebel, German educational reformer and the founder of kindergarten, was born in Oberweissbach, Thuringia. |
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| 1526: | | | B─bur, the ruler of Kabul, led Mughal forces in victory against Sultan Ibr─h┤m Lod┤, establishing the Mughal dynasty in India. |
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