1900 British naval officer David Beatty takes part in the successful relief of the naval brigade at Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion and is promoted to captain.
1915 An Austrian-Hungarian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Italian liner 'Ancona' without warning, killing over 200 people.
1923 Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party stage "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich, Germany.
1939 Failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in Burgerbraukeller, Munich.
1940 RAF bombs Munich, Adolf Hitler promises "an attack on the capital of the Nazi movement would not go unpunished"
1950 A US aircraft shoots down a North Korean jet in the Korean War, the first jet-to-jet dogfight in history.
1974 British peer the Earl of Lucan disappears and is never seen again after his nanny is found murdered in London.
2002 Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council under Resolution 1441 unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences"
2016 Republican Donald Trump is elected 45th President of the United States of America, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton, with an Electoral College victory of 304- 227; Clinton received just under 2.9 million more popular votes.
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