1829 The first units of the London Metropolitan Police appear on the streets of the British capital.
1911 Gun magazine of French battleship Liberte explodes, sinking her and killing 286 of her crew.
1940 First US merchant ship "Booker T. Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware.
1941 Nazi massacre at Babi Yar, near Kiev, 33,771 mostly Jews murdered.
1942 French Government in exile of De Gaulle cancels agreement of Munich.
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