1439 Kissing is banned in England (to stop germs from spreading).
1618 Capt John Gilbert patents first dredger in Britain.
1862 David Farragut is first Rear Admiral in US Navy.
1912 Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patents by B A Fiske.
1918 A Bolshevik firing squad at Ekaterinburg, Siberia, executes Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family.
1945 First test detonation of an atomic bomb, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico as part of the US Manhattan Project.
1945 Cruiser Indianapolis leaves SF with atom bomb.
1946 US court martial sentences 46 members of the SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau.
1969 Apollo 11 launched, carrying 1st men to land on Moon.
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