1916 In response to pressure from President Woodrow Wilson, Germany notifies the US State Department that it will abide by strict international rules of maritime warfare.
1942 WW II siege of Bataan starts.
1944 US Air Force announces production of first US jet fighter, the Bell P-59.
1945 Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) reports total German victory in the Ardennes.
1953 US President Harry Truman announces American development of the hydrogen bomb.
1960 The Polaris missile is tested.
1991 Saddam Hussein prepares his troops for what he says will be a long violent war against the US.
1999 Impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins in the US Senate.
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