1935 Sir Malcolm Campbell sets world land speed record speed of 276.71 mph driving his famous Blue Bird car; last record set at Daytona Beach, Florida.
1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles by sending troops to the Rhineland.
1942 15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta.
1942 First cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee.
1945 US 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine.
1968 The BBC broadcasts the news for the first time in color on television.
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