1777 - Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit
1866 - US House of representatives passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights)
1917 - World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
1942 - Germany puts 4 saboteurs on Long Island
1944 - Nazi Germany begins V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) flying bomb (doodle-bugs) attacks
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