1916 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in US from Germany.
1917 British battleship Vanguard explodes at Scapa Flow (the result of an internal explosion of faulty cordite), killing 804.
1943 5th day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Verchopenje.
1943 British air raid sinks U-435.
1944 U-740 sunk by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft.
1947 Engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth & Lt Philip Mountbatten.
1987 Colonel Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence.
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