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Old 07-19-18, 08:02 AM   #2428
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1843 The steamship SS Great Britain is launched, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world.

1940 Hitler orders Great Britain to surrender.

1941 British PM Winston Churchill launches his "V for Victory" campaign.

1941 First US Army flying school for black cadets dedicated (Tuskegee, Alabama).

1944 Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho and Shokaku sink in Marianas.

1945 USS Cod saves 51 sailors from Dutch sub in only sub-to-sub rescue.
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