1620 The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod & explores the coast.
1942 Operation Uranus: Soviet offensive begins during Battle of Stalingrad, 1 million Soviet soldiers encircle the German Sixth Army.
1943 U-536 sinks in Atlantic Ocean.
1950 US General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe.
1962 Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons.
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