[Jimbuna]

1836 Battle of the Alamo: After 13 days of fighting 1,500-3,000 Mexican soldiers overwhelm the Texan defenders, killing 182-257 Texans including William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett.

1899 "Aspirin" (acetylsalicylic acid) patented by Felix Hoffmann at German company Bayer.

1918 US naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle.

1967 Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US.

1990 SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17

1991 Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, US President George H. W. Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over"

2018 American WWII aircraft carrier USS Lexington rediscovered in Australia's Coral Sea, lost during 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea.