1900 David Beatty takes part in the successful relief of the naval brigade and is promoted to captain.
1915 An Austrian-Hungarian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Italian liner 'Ancona' without warning; over 200 lives lost.
1923 Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party stage "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich.
1939 Failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in Burgerbraukeller, Munich.
1942 Adolf Hitler proclaims fall of Stalingrad from Munich beer hall.
1950 A US aircraft shoots down a North Korean jet in the Korean War, the first jet-to-jet dogfight in history.
1974 British peer the Earl of Lucan disappears and is never seen again after his nanny is found murdered in London.
2016 Republican Donald Trump is elected President of the United States of America, defeating democrat Hillary Clinton, who received 2.9 million more votes.
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