1916 Adolf Hitler is wounded in the left thigh by an exploding shell during the Battle of the Somme.
1936 The Jarrow March sets off for London.
1942 Budy Massacre at Auschwitz sub-camp, 90 French-Jewish women beaten to death by prison guards.
1943 US air raid on Wake, Japanese execute 98 US prisoners in retaliation.
1946 Newcastle United equals English Football League record for biggest winning margin in a 13-0 thrashing of Newport in a Division 2 match at St. James' Park; Len Shackleton scores 6, Charlie Wayman 4 for the Toon.
1991 USSR reduces nuclear weapons arsenal.
2014 French driver Jules Bianchi collides with recovery vehicle during Japanese Grand Prix, dies 2 days later; first F1 death due to racing accident in 21 years (Ayrton Senna 1994)
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