Today

• 218 – With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalusdefeated the forces of Roman emperor Macrinus.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: British forces defeated the Continental Army at the Battle of Trois-Rivières, the last major battle fought on Quebec soil that was part of the American colonists' invasion of Quebec.
• 1941 – World War II: The Allies commenced the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
• 1950 – Thomas Blamey (pictured) became the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal.
• 2008 – A Japanese man drove a truck into a crowd of pedestrians in the Akihabara district of Tokyo, then proceeded to stab at least 12 people before being apprehended