1913 David Beatty becomes Rear-Admiral Commanding the Royal Navy's first Battlecruiser Squadron.
1916 Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic.
1917 US government releases the plain text of the "Zimmermann Telegram" to the public.
1941 Captain America first appears in comic book form, published by Timely Comics.
1944 U-358 sinks in Atlantic.
1953 Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.
1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin and remains are stolen from a Swiss cemetery.
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