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1865 Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.
1940 World War II: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
1985 The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.