1915 First submarine disaster; a US F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21.
1917 Canadian ace Billy Bishop claims his first victory, shooting down and mortally wounding German Leutnant Theiller.
1944 RAF Flight Sgt Nicholas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet over Germany without a parachute; his fall broken by pine trees and soft snow, he suffers only a sprained leg.
1958 West German parliament desires German atomic weapons.
1960 First guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut).
1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH).
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