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Old 05-17-17, 06:59 AM   #1899
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1897 The first successful submarine that can run submerged for any considerable distance and combines electric and gasoline engines is launched in the USA by its designer John Philip Holland.

1944 General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th.

1961 Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers.

1975 Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches.

1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die.
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