1863 Confederate cruiser SS Georgiana destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, and medicines then valued over $1,000,000. Wreck discovered exactly 102 years later by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence.
1920 US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy).
1932 The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
1945 800 killed as a result of a Kamikaze attack on the USS Franklin off Japan.
1945 Adolf Hitler issues "Nero Decree" to destroy all German factories.
1982 Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the U.K.
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