This day in history

Operation Gothic Serpent fails in Mogadishu, Somalia. 18 American soldiers and one UN soldier are killed in a failed attempt to seize key leaders of the Somali militia loyal to warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

The Rome General Peace Accords are singed ending the civil war in Mozambique.

Pope Paul VI becomes the first Pope to visit the U.S.A. when he addresses the United Nations in New York.

The Boys Brigade is founded in Glasgow, Scotland.

Belgium declares independence from The Netherlands.

American Revolution: Patriot forces under General George Washington attack British troops at Germantown, near Philadelphia.

Otto IV is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Ten hours into a tank assault on the Russian White House parliament building, rebel parliamentarians led by Vice President Aleksandr Rutskoi and Chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov surrender to Russian President Boris Yeltsin.