1914 Engagement between British cruiser HMS Gloucester and German cruisers SMS Breslau and SMS Goeben off Greece.
1914 Lord Kitchener says "Your country needs you" poster spreads over UK.
1954 Englishman Roger Bannister beats Australia’s John Landy in the mile at the Empire Games in Vancouver; first time 2 men run a mile in less than 4 minutes in the same race.
1956 British government sends 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt.
1990 US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia beginning Operation Desert Shield.
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