1915 Despite international protest, Edith Cavell an English nurse in Belgium, is executed by the Germans for aiding the escape of Allied prisoners.
1923 German Mark falls to 10 billion per £, 4 billion per $
1939 Albert Einstein informs FDR of the possibilities of an atomic bomb.
1982 English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England.
1990 UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd says force would be used if Iraq does not withdraw from Kuwait.
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