1386 Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England (the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force).
1926 1st flight over the North Pole claimed by Richard E. Byrd and co-pilot Floyd Bennett. Later discovery of Byrd's diary suggests they may have turned back 150 miles short of the pole due to an oil leak.
1941 British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks German spy codes after capturing Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen.
1945 Norwegian nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling arrested.
1945 World War II: Hermann Goering is captured by the United States Army.
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