1812 War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain.
1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon and France defeated by British forces under Wellington and Prussian troops under Blucher.
1940 General Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy Nazi occupiers.
1940 Winston Churchill's "this was their finest hour" speech urging perseverance during Battle of Britain delivered to British House of Commons.
1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) charged with treason.
2016 Soyuz capsule returns to Earth first British International Space Station astronaut Tim Peake, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Timothy Kopra after 186 days.
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