1770 British explorer Captain James Cook first sights Australia.
1775 American Revolution begins in Lexington, Massachusetts. The "Shot Heard Round the World" took place in Concord later that day.
1943 Jews refuse to surrender the Warsaw Ghetto to SS officer Jürgen Stroop, who then orders its destruction, beginning the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
1951 General Douglas MacArthur ends his military career.
1967 Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't).
1989 Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Oh my God, not again!!
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