1281 During Kublai Khan's second Mongol invasion of Japan his invading Chinese fleet of 3,500 vessels disappears in a typhoon near Japan 1842 Second Seminole War declared over by US Army Colonel Worth, after nearly 7 years; more than 3000 Seminole Nation survivors re-located from Florida to Oklahoma, only about 300 allowed to remain 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II (also August 15 depending on time zone) 1947 Pakistan gains independence from Great Britain 1969 British Army deploys on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the beginning of Operation Banner 1980 17,000 workers go on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, marking the beginning of the Solidarity movement | 
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