1913 - 150,000 Ulstermen gather and resolve to resist Irish Home Rule by force of arms; since the British Liberals have promised the Irish nationalists Home Rule, civil war appears imminent.
1943 - WWII: Battle of Prokhorovka - Russians defeat German forces in one of the largest ever tank battles.
1957 - US Surgeon Gen Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer.
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Oh my God, not again!!
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