1915 British liner "SS Arabic" sunk by German submarine without warning leaving Liverpool for New York; killing 44. Creates diplomatic incident.
1942 World War II: Over 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed, wounded or captured raiding Dieppe, France.
1942 World War II: General Friedrich Paulus orders the German 6th Army to conquer Stalingrad.
1981 2 US Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22.
1987 Hungerford Massacre: in England, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.
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Oh my God, not again!!
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