1707 Acts of Union comes into force, uniting England and Scotland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
1898 US Admiral George Dewey commands "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila.
1919 British naval officer David Beatty is promoted to Admiral of the Fleet.
1944 Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, first jet bomber, makes first flight.
1945 About 1,000 citizens of Demmin in Germany, commit suicide provoked by occupation by Soviet Red Army.
1945 Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government.
1946 Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery appointed British supreme commander.
1960 Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk.
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