1940 Hitler orders total blockade of Great Britain.
1941 German raider attacks Dutch SS Kota Nopan.
1943 498 British bombers attack Peenemunde (development base for the V weapons).
1945 Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel.
1998 Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about his relationship.
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