1873 Indian Wars: whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, US 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clashes for the first time with the Sioux near the Tongue River. One man killed on each side.
1900 An allied expeditionary force, made up of Japanese, Russian, British, French and American troops, sets off from Tientsin for Peking, China, to put down Boxer rebellion.
1914 WWI: Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany.
1914 US declares neutrality on the outbreak of WWI.
1918 Adolf Hitler receives the Iron Cross first class for bravery on the recommendation of his Jewish superior, Lieutenant Hugo Gutmann.
1941 Winston Churchill departs on Prince of Wales to US.
1943 British premier Winston Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada.
1944 Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified.
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