1941 German U-boat torpedoes US destroyer Kearney.
1944 Admiral Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die.
1957 A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world's first major nuclear accident.
1985 US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody.
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