1791 Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to General and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic.
1871 The first human cannonball, Emilio Onra, is fired.
1916 HMHS Britannic sinks in the Aegean Sea after a mine explodes, killing 30 people.
1918 The German High Seas Fleet of 5 battlecruisers, 9 battleships, 7 cruisers and 49 destroyers surrendered to the British Grand Fleet and were shepherded into the Firth of Forth.
1942 Hitler names field marshal Erich von Manstein commander of the newly-created Army Group Don (Heeresgruppe Don).
1967 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
1977 First flight of Concorde (London to New York).
2002 NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
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