Near Niagara Falls on this day in 1814, British troops commanded by General Phineas Riall thwarted an invasion of Canada by a U.S. force under General Jacob Brown in the Battle of Lundy's Lane during the War of 1812.

More Events on this day:

1952: Puerto Rico attained its own government as a commonwealth of the United States.

1898 : U.S. forces under General Nelson A. Miles invaded Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War.

1868 : The U.S. Congress formed the Wyoming Territory.