1914 Great Britain declares the entire North Sea a military area: neutral ships will transit it at their own risk.
1916 Battle of Verdun: Fort Vaux reconquered from Germans by French troops without firing a shot.
1917 In WWI the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat: James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay.
1943 Jewish ghetto of Riga Latvia is destroyed.
1944 Auschwitz begins gassing inmates.
1989 "Blackadder Goes Forth" final episode "Goodbyeee" airs starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson.
2008 British McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 4th in season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to clinch his first F1 World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Felipe Massa.
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