1797 First US Navy ship, the "United States," is launched.
1917 Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks.
1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister.
1940 The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
1941 Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess escapes to Britain to open secret negotiations with the Allies, parachuting into Scotland.
1969 US troops begin attack on Hill 937 ("Hamburger Hill"), Vietnam.
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