1815 Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile on St Helena on board British ship the Northumberland.
1898 Rudolf Diesel of Germany patents the diesel internal combustion engine.
1914 German U-15 was sunk by the British cruiser, HMS Birmingham.
1915 David Beatty is confirmed in the rank of vice-admiral.
1945 US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki.
1974 Richard Nixon resigns as US President and VP Gerald Ford swears the oath of office to take his place as the 38th US President.
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