1812 French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow.
1916 First use of tanks in warfare, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Battle of the Somme.
1928 Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin while studying influenza.
1938 British PM Neville Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgaden.
1940 Climax of the Battle of Britain, tide turns as Luftwaffe loses 56 aircraft, RAF 28.
1944 British bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs.
1948 F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph.
1998 Google.com is registered as a domain name.
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