[Jimbuna]

1812 World's first cannery ( Donkin, Hall and Gamble) opens in London, England to supply food to the Royal Navy.

1826 USS Vincennes leaves NY to become first warship to circumnavigate globe.

1939 World War II: Britain declares war on Germany after invasion of Poland. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada.

1939 Mitford sister and Nazi sympathizer Unity Mitford attempts suicide after Britain declares war on Germany, bullet lodged in her brain eventually kills her in 1948.

1940 Hitler orders invasion in England on Sept 21 (Operation Seelöwe/Sealion).

1940 US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease.

1941 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war).

1944 68th & last transport of Dutch Jews (including Anne Frank) leaves for Auschwitz concentration camp.

1971 John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return.