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1978

Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.

1944

World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just…

World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.

1943

World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.

1941

World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture…

World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.

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1939

World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.

1914 world war i german naval forces bombarded papeete in french 09 22

1918

World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he was awarded the Medal of…

World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

1914

World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.

1942

World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.

1945

World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.

1944

World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.

1917

World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New…

World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.

1915

World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from…

World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium.

1944

World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.

1915

First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

1943

World War II: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp covertly assassinate most of the on-duty SS officers and then…

World War II: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp covertly assassinate most of the on-duty SS officers and then stage a mass breakout.

1943

World War II: The United States Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses during the Second Raid on…

World War II: The United States Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.

1943

World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its…

World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.

1942

World War II: The German submarine U-69 (1940) sinks the Canadian passenger ferry SS Caribou approximately 20 nautical…

World War II: The German submarine U-69 (1940) sinks the Canadian passenger ferry SS Caribou approximately 20 nautical miles southwest of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland.

1940

World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.

1939

World War II: The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow,…

World War II: The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.

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