September 9

1513:

James IV of Scotland was defeated and died in the Battle of Flodden Field, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.

1914:

World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.

1916:

VC won by A/Cpl Leo Clarke, 2nd Battalion, CEF, Pozieres, France

1942:

World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops an incendiary bomb on Oregon.

1943:

The Allies land at Salerno

1943:

World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.

1944:

World War II: Bulgaria is liberated by Russia.

1945:

Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan formally surrendered to China.