1840 World's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, is issued in Great Britain.
1915 German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland.
1937 German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, NJ (36 die).
1942 Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies.
1945 General Johannes Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands.
1945 World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops (first was on December 11, 1941).
1954 Roger Bannister of the UK becomes the 1st person to run a 4 minute mile, recording 3:59:4 at Iffley Road, Oxford.
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