1917 - In the final attack on Third Battle of Ypres, Canadian troops capture the village of Passchendaele, after 250,000 casualties on both sides.
1918 - US ship Otranto sinks between Scotland & Ireland, 425 die.
1939 - Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France & Britain.
1945 - Gen Eisenhower welcomed in Hague (on Hitler's train).
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