1801 First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America (1st US foreign war).
1917 Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks.
1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor.
1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister.
1940 British Local Defence Volunteers forms (later renamed the Home Guard).
1940 World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
1941 Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland.
1960 US atomic sub USS Triton completes 1st submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1968 Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US & North Vietnam.
1969 US troops begin attack on Hill 937 ("Hamburger Hill"), Vietnam.
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