1904 Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal.
1916 At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare.
1917 A flotilla of US destroyer ships arrive in Queenstown, Ireland, to aid in convoying ships to England.
1932 Al Capone enters Atlanta Penitentiary convicted of income tax evasion.
1942 Battle of Coral Sea begins (1st naval battle fought solely in air) between Japanese, US and Australian navies and air forces.
1942 Food 1st rationed in US.
1972 Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1982 British destroyer HMS Sheffield hit by Exocet rocket off Falkland Islands: 20 of her crew died.
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