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1943
World War II: After the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri, Lt. John F.…
World War II: After the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri, Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
1916
World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
1914
World War I: The German occupation of Luxembourg begins.
World War I: The German occupation of Luxembourg begins.
1932
Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (died 2006)
Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (died 2006)
1870
One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath…
One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London.
1940
World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
1914
World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
1968
Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (born 1896)
Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (born 1896)
1943
Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (born 1914)
Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (born 1914)
1940
World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.
World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.
1929
Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World…
Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.
1915
World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
1914
World War I: In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The…
World War I: In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
1997
Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (born 1875)
Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (born 1875)
1914
World War I: Adhering to the terms of the Treaty of London, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany in response to…
World War I: Adhering to the terms of the Treaty of London, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany in response to the latter's invasion of Belgium.
1944
World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
1944
World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in…
World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
1940
World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
1916
World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army…
World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez�