1829 Sir Robert Peel introduces the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 into Parliament to establish a unified police force for London.
1864 CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France.
1917 The British Royal Family, which has had strong German ties since George I, renounces its German names and titles and adopts the name of Windsor.
1941 US President Franklin Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act.
1944 First day of the 2 day Battle of the Philippine Sea, US naval forces defeat Japanese fleet.
1991 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar surrenders to police.
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