1492 Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco.
1720 Pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read and Calico Jack are captured by Capt. Jonathan Barnet and brought to the Spanish Town of Jamaica, for trial.
1898 British naval officer David Beatty promoted to commander after Sudan Campaign.
1899 Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill captured by Boers in Natal.
1904 King C. Gillette patents the Gillette razor blade.
1916 Canadian pilot William George Barker flying over Ancre River, spots concentration of German troops massing for counter-attack on Beaumont Hamel, sends emergency Zone Call to break up German infantry apart. Barker later receives Military Cross.
1942 First flight of the Heinkel He 219.
1967 The only fatality of the X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft descending from 81km, causing its mid air destruction over the Mojave Desert.
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