1722 Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, ends tax on men with beards.
1916 German parliament approves unrestricted submarine warfare.
1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I.
1945 Giant Japanese battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa,
1945 Massive kamikaze attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa.
2012 US F-18 Hornet crashes into side of apartment building in Virginia with no fatalities.
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