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1927

The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles

The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.

1915

HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives

HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives.

1915

HMS Princess Irene (pictured) exploded and sank off Sheerness, United Kingdom, with the loss of 352 lives

HMS Princess Irene (pictured) exploded and sank off Sheerness, United Kingdom, with the loss of 352 lives.

1416

Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetians under Pietro Loredan defeat a much larger Ottoman fleet off Gallipoli

Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetians under Pietro Loredan defeat a much larger Ottoman fleet off Gallipoli.

1973

The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the

The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.

2009

Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris

Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.

1943

Eight German Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coa

�man Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Spain and France, killing actor Leslie Howard and several other notable passengers.

1919

Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U

Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.

1665

James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestof

James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.

1882

The British merchant ship Virago sank off Alderney with the loss of 26 crew

The British merchant ship Virago sank off Alderney with the loss of 26 crew.

1602

Anglo-Spanish War: The English navy defeated a Spanish–Portuguese fleet off Sesimbra, Portugal, and captured a carrack

Anglo-Spanish War: The English navy defeated a Spanish–Portuguese fleet off Sesimbra, Portugal, and captured a carrack.

1829

HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba

HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.

1982

Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-li

Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.

1955

Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently

Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.

2006

Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (born 1941)

Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (born 1941)

1982

Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked British transport ships while unloading supplies off Bluff Cove in the F

Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked British transport ships while unloading supplies off Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands, killing 56 British servicemen and wounding 150 others.

1918

The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS mo

The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.

2025

Air India Flight 171 crashes shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people

Air India Flight 171 crashes shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people.

1987

Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hiperc

Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.

1956

A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people

A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.